Practice Areas
Bennett & West, PLLC provides professional and personal legal services for Stokes and Surry Counties, North Carolina. The firm also handles some matters — including real estate, estate planning and probate — in Forsyth and surrounding Counties. We understand that every situation is different, and that each client has different needs and goals. Our team works hard to craft a personalized plan designed to address the individual needs of each client. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff work closely with our attorneys to meet the individual goals of our clients.
Our practice areas include:
Business/Corporate Issues
Initial formation of LLC or corporation including, for example:
- filing with the NC Secretary of State’s office
- drafting articles of organization
- obtaining tax ID's
- corporate notebooks
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Criminal Law / Traffic Law
- Misdemeanor and felony defense
- DWI/DUI defense
- All drug-related defense
- Domestic violence and related charges
- Expunctions
- Drivers' license restoration/driving privileges
- DMV hearings
- Speeding tickets/traffic infractions
- DWLR/NOL
- Sex offense defense
- Removal from sex offense registry
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Domestic / Family Law
- General advice and guidance regarding separation, etc.
- Separation agreements
- Pre-marital agreements
- Child custody
- Child support
- Post-separation support and alimony
- Equitable distribution
- Qualified domestic relations orders (QDRO)
- Modification of custody and child support orders
- Adoptions
- Termination of parental rights
- Grandparent’s rights
- CPS defense/DSS matters
- Uncontested divorce
- Post-nuptial agreements
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Estate Planning & Estate Administration
- Wills
- Powers of attorney
- Health care powers of attorney
- Trusts
- Probate and administration of decedent’s estate
- Trust administration
- Elective Share Claims/Disputes
- Spousal Year’s Allowance
- Challenges to wills (caveat)
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Real Estate
- Residential and commercial closings for buyers and sellers
- Deed preparation
- Easement preparation
- Title searches
- Purchase contract preparation
- Lease drafting
- Owner financing document preparation
- Property bonds
- Boundary line disputes
- Encroachments
- Petitions to Partition (by sale or actual division)
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We invite you to contact us for more information about our areas of practice and how we can help you.