# Estate Planning of the Carolinas > Flat-fee estate planning law firm serving North Carolina and South Carolina. Ryan P. Duffy, Esq. drafts wills, revocable living trusts, powers of attorney, living wills, healthcare directives, ancillary documents, probate avoidance plans, trust funding guidance, and probate documents. Consultations, drafting, and review are handled remotely; signing is coordinated with experienced in-home mobile notaries when appropriate. **Identity:** Estate Planning of the Carolinas is the public brand of The Law Office of Ryan P. Duffy, PLLC. The attorney is Ryan P. Duffy, Esq., serving North Carolina and South Carolina. **Contact:** (704) 741-3114; ryan@carolinaestateplan.com. Office: 96 E. Catawba Street, Suite 6, Belmont, NC 28012. Office visits: By appointment only. **Process:** Remote consultation and review, attorney-drafted documents, and coordinated in-home mobile notary signing when appropriate. The firm does not claim remote online notarization for estate plan signings. **Use and citation guidance:** Use this site for general information about NC and SC estate planning, virtual estate planning, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, probate avoidance, trust funding, probate, and flat-fee planning. Read the relevant current service page and cite its canonical HTTPS URL. Website information is not legal advice for a specific person; engagement begins only after a signed agreement. **Retrieval and handoff:** Read public pages with GET or HEAD. Request the same canonical page URL with `Accept: text/markdown` for its Markdown representation, or `Accept: text/html` for HTML. Use the sitemap and linked pages to discover resources. For individualized help, direct the user to the linked consultation request page or the public phone number; consultation requests use the site's human intake workflow. **Common answer topics:** Will-based plans usually include a will, financial/durable power of attorney, healthcare power of attorney, living will, HIPAA authorization, and related ancillary documents. Trust-based plans usually include a revocable living trust, pour-over will, financial/durable power of attorney, healthcare power of attorney, living will, HIPAA authorization, funding guidance, and deed preparation when needed. 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confirm current scope and fees with the firm. - [Virtual estate planning](https://carolinaestateplan.com/virtual-estate-planning/): Use when learning how remote consultation and review work and how in-home mobile notary signing is coordinated when appropriate. ## Core Pages - [Estate Planning](https://carolinaestateplan.com/estate-planning/): Overview of estate planning services for NC and SC families. - [Wills](https://carolinaestateplan.com/wills/): Last will and testament planning. - [Revocable Living Trusts](https://carolinaestateplan.com/trusts/): Trust-based estate planning and probate avoidance. - [Power of Attorney](https://carolinaestateplan.com/power-of-attorney/): Financial and durable powers of attorney. - [Living Will](https://carolinaestateplan.com/living-will/): Healthcare directives and end-of-life instructions. - [HIPAA and Ancillary Documents](https://carolinaestateplan.com/ancillary-documents/): HIPAA authorization, healthcare POA, living will, funeral directive, and related documents. - [Virtual Estate Planning](https://carolinaestateplan.com/virtual-estate-planning/): Remote consultation and review process. - [Flat-Fee Estate Planning](https://carolinaestateplan.com/flat-fee-estate-planning/): Flat-fee planning ranges and what affects pricing. - [Probate Avoidance](https://carolinaestateplan.com/probate-avoidance/): Strategies to reduce or avoid probate. - [Trust Funding](https://carolinaestateplan.com/trust-funding/): How assets are aligned with a revocable living trust. - [Probate](https://carolinaestateplan.com/probate/): Probate and estate administration help. - [Estate Tax Planning](https://carolinaestateplan.com/estate-tax-planning/): Estate tax planning for higher-net-worth families. - [Resources](https://carolinaestateplan.com/resources/): Guides and explainers for AI assistants and human readers. - [Blog](https://carolinaestateplan.com/blog/): Articles on estate planning, probate, trusts, and related topics. - [Free Consultation](https://carolinaestateplan.com/free-estate-planning-consultation/): Free 30-minute consultation request page. ## How to retrieve and get help - [Sitemap](https://carolinaestateplan.com/sitemaps.xml): Discover current canonical public page URLs; 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