Wills, Trusts & Estates

I perform estate planning for individuals and couples with an emphasis on meeting the needs of gay people and those whose relationships may not be legally recognized under marriage laws. I also assist family members, executors and administrators with navigating the probate process and administration of estates.

• Charitable Giving
• Charitable Trusts
• Drafting Trusts
• Drafting Wills
• Estate Administration
• Estate Planning
• Living Trusts
• Living Wills
• Probate
• Asset Protection
• Guardianship
• Power of Attorney
• Revocable Trust & Irrevocable Trust

Family Law

I handle domestic partnership dissolutions and disputes, including division of assets and shared debts. I also work with clients to structure domestic partnership agreements to define the terms of how they co-own property, share assets and obligations and engage in co-parenting.

• Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
• Name Changes
• Restraining Orders

• Domestic Violence

• Custody
• Visitation

• Civil Unions
• Domestic Partnerships
• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transgender Rights
• Living Together/Cohabitation
• Marriage
• Power of Attorney
• Prenuptial & Postnuptial Agreements

• Guardianships & Conservatorships
• Powers of Attorney
• Advanced Health Care Directive
• Healthcare Power of Attorney

• Termination of Parental Rights

GA, Dec 1994
Bar Number: 524255

All Georgia Courts, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit.

Lambda Legal, Board of Directors (2000 to Present); Stonewall Bar Association of Georgia (Past President); Atlanta Bar Association, American Bar Association.

Through extensive reading and teaching a survey course at Georgia State University College of Law, "Sexual Identity and the Law," I stay abreast of gay and lesbian legal issues. I also keep current on developments in mainstream law by a regularly attending continuing legal education courses in family law and estate planning, including the annual Georgia Estate Planning Institute.

I assist numerous gay clients with property division issues where, as a couple they co-owned property together and are now breaking up. I also assist same sex, unmarried couples with disputes about custody and co-parenting that arise in break ups. To safeguard relationships, I work to help clients develop Joint Ownership Agreements and plan for their relationships to avert nasty breakups with disputes about money, custody and/or property.

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I opened my own firm in 2004 so that I could structure my practice to focus on gay and lesbian legal issues.

The firm of Jane Morrison, P.C. is dedicated to providing individualized, quality legal services to Atlanta's gay and lesbian community. I established my practice to focus on the needs of gay and lesbian individuals, to address our relationships as couples without the legal rights associated with marriage, and to better serve those members of our community who may need or prefer legal assistance that fully takes into account and supports your identity as a gay, lesbian or transgender person. Jane Morrison, P.C. does not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. Many of the firm's clients are straight. Many straight clients appreciate and benefit from a different perspective on the law.

I entered the practice of law in 1994 and initially worked as a prosecutor and criminal defense attorney. I was instrumental in founding Stonewall Bar Association, Georgia's gay and lesbian bar association in 1995 and served as the second president of the organization. In 1997, I went to work for Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the national gay and lesbian civil rights law foundation, to open the organization's Southern Regional Office in Atlanta. I served as Regional Director for Lambda Legal's operations in the south for three years until returning to the practice of law with a small civil practice firm in Atlanta, McCrary & Associates. I opened my own firm in 2004 to better focus my work in gay and lesbian legal issues.

I was one of the original board members of Stonewall Bar Association, Georgia's gay and lesbian bar association in 1995 and served as the second president of the organization. I received Stonewall Bar Association's award for Longtime Service to the Community in 2001.

In 1997, Lambda Legal, the national gay and lesbian civil rights law foundation, consulted me in opening the organization's Southern Regional Office. I served as Regional Director for Lambda Legal's operations in the southeast for three years. I am now a member of Lambda Legal's Board of Directors.

From 2000 to 2002, I served as Judge Pro Hac Vice in the City of Atlanta's Municipal Court and then as a part time Magistrate Judge in Fulton County State Court from 2003 to 2007.

I am 2001 graduate of Leadership Atlanta and have served on the board of directors of the Historic District Development Corporation, a community revitalization organization in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Historic District in downtown Atlanta.

I am a current adjunct faculty member at Georgia State University College of Law where I teach the course "Sexual Identity and the Law" on an annual basis.

Kevin Cauley (paralegal); Chandra Jordan (admin assistant).

(404) 523-1684

Monday through Friday
9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Evenings and weekends by appointment.

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Most of my work is performed on an hourly basis.

I perform some estate planning services at fixed rates. I offer a fixed fee of $750 for a Basis Estate Planning package to prepare a simple Last Will and Testament and Georgia Advance Directive for Health Care. Services include: 1) an in-person consultation and interview session to assess clients' needs, 2) basic document formulating and drafting, 3) circulation of drafts for the clients' review, 4) a telephone conference to review the drafts and answer your questions and concerns, 5) a formal execution session with requisite notary and witnesses to ensure that the documents are properly executed and "self proving" 7) delivery of bound originals to you 8) electronic and paper storage of fully executed copies. All interviews, consultations and formulation of documents are performed directly by me, as your attorney.

I charge at my hourly rate for additional estate planning services that may be required to address issues such as extensive or complex bequests, contingencies, testamentary trust provisions, extensive holdings, large estates, etc.

My standard hourly rate is $250 per hour.

I charge $250 for a consultation. If your case involves document review in advance of our consultation or other related and/or follow up services, there will likely be an additional charge based on my hourly rate of $250 per hour.

The amount of a retainer varies by type of case and whether litigation is expected.