California Estate Planning Lawyers

Experienced Wills and Trust Lawyers

If you would like to make sure that your estate is in order and that your loved ones are protected, you should hire a California Estate Planning Attorney from our firm. At Claery & Green, we provide exceptional representation to individuals throughout California for a number is legal issues pertaining to estate plans.

If you would like to make sure that your estate is in order and that your loved ones are protected, you should hire a California Estate Planning Attorney from our firm. At Claery & Green, we provide exceptional representation to individuals throughout California for a number is legal issues pertaining to estate plans. If you are seeking to establish a living trust, you should consider the services of an estate planning attorney. The process of creating, drafting and implementing estate plans can be very complex and it is a good idea to have legal counsel along the way. As you go through the process of creating a will, you may decide that you want to create a pour over will. Pour over wills work in conjunction with trusts to allow a person to specify how they want their assets held outside a trust to be divided after their death.

Our legal team can guide you through every step of the process and explain the benefits of creating a will or trust. Simple wills ensure that your assets will be divided and distributed how you want after your death, instead of leaving the matter up to the state of California. Wills can be less expensive to create and maintain than trusts, and simple wills are ideal for individuals who have an estate valued at less than $100,000. For further questions regarding durable power of attorney or HIPPA authorization, don't hesitate to contact our firm today. No matter what your specific needs may be, an attorney from our firm will guide you through the legal process and will help you create an estate plan that will suit all your needs, as well as those of your family.

On every important, often overlooked reason why estate plans are so important, is to avoid probate, or court intervention. When an individual becomes incapacitated and can no longer make decisions for themself regarding medical or financial actions, if no one is specified to do so in their will, it will be up to the court to decide upon such matters. When a person dies and leaves behind no will or trust explaining their wishes, the lengthy and costly process of probate will begin. Probate is a legal procedure to settle the affairs of an individual who has died by distributing the deceased’s property and assets to rightful beneficiaries. In situations where no beneficiaries are listed in a will or trust, it will be very difficult for the courts to decide who to distribute the assets to.

As you can see, an estate plan is a very good idea for those individuals wishing to take action now to protect their wishes later. With a skilled estate planning lawyer’s help, you are sure to come up with a highly effective plan that will thoroughly outline all your wishes, which will ensure the future needs of your loved ones are met in a timely fashion.

For more information about how an estate plan can work for you, contact a California Estate Planning Attorneyat Claery & Green!

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Los Angeles, Orange County, Ventura County, San Bernardino, Fresno, San Francisco, Bay Area, Oakland, San Diego, Santa Clara, San Jose, Sacramento County, Bakersfield, Las Vegas Nevada, Mission Viejo, Walnut Creek, San Luis Obispo, Lancaster, Palmdale, Palm Desert, Santa Barbara, Riverside, Pomona, Victorville, Kern County, Somoma, Tulare County, Visalia, Contra Costa County, Alameda County, Santa Clarita, Stockton, Yolo County, Santa Ana, Beverly Hills, Newport Beach, San Fernando Valley, Van Nuys, Long Beach, Anaheim, Hemet, Oxnard, Visalia, Santa Rosa, San Juaquin County, Redding, Simi Vally, Visa, Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, Santa Maria, Modesto, Stockton, Concord, Livermore, Solono County, Woodland Hills, Madera County, El Cajon, Napa Valley, Santa Cruz County, Los Angeles County, Malibu, Thousand Oaks, Valencia, Irvine, Carlsbad, Oceanside, Encinitas, San Diego County, and throughout Northern California (NoCal) and Southern California (SoCal).