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Estate Planning Attorney Los Angeles

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Are you planning for your family’s financial future? It’s a daunting responsibility. While you can create your own estate plan, it’s a complex and time-consuming process. There are many pitfalls to avoid that you might not know about if you approach estate planning as a non-expert.

It’s impossible to overstate the value of reliable legal advice in these situations. We’ll take a look at the fundamentals of planning an estate for your loved ones and address how the lawyers at the Law Offices of Alice A. Salvo can provide clarity and guidance.

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Why Choosing an Estate Planning Attorney Matters

Don’t put your estate plan in the hands of an inexperienced estate planning attorney. You’ve worked hard to build your finances, and they deserve to be treated with careful consideration.

Choosing an attorney involves more than an online search. You need the aid of an estate planning attorney in Los Angeles who you believe in and know you can trust. You’ll also want a lawyer specializing in this field to treat you with compassion, care, and respect. Last but not least, they should make the complexities of estate planning easy to navigate.

That’s where our firm can help. We offer effective legal representation because we focus our resources on areas in which we have extensive experience. Estate planning, for example, has been at the heart of our practice for over 25 years.

Why Work with a Estate Planning Attorney in Los Angeles?

California estate planning law provides ways to protect your family’s assets and inheritance. In the hands of experienced estate planning attorneys, it’s an invaluable resource that can safeguard your wealth from costly matters of probate or conservatorship. Combined with state-based medical care, a thorough estate plan can also help cover any medical expenses you might encounter as you get older.

Legal estate planning involves much more than just deciding who gets what when you pass away. You’ll set up your will and any living trustsyour will and any living trusts, sign over deeds to your trust, and determine power of attorney should you become incapacitated. All of this can be handled headache-free at our firm by a knowledgeable estate planning attorney.

California estate laws can sometimes be tricky to navigate. However, our expert counsel can guide you through them, ensuring your financial security and establishing the means for you and your loved ones to be well taken care of in your final years.

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Only You Know What’s Best for Your Family

Having a will can be beneficial for anyone. With an experienced estate planning lawyer in California by your side, creating a legally enforceable last will and testament doesn’t have to be difficult at all.

Furthermore, having a will can save your loved ones from a long experience with state probate courts. In the absence of a known and legally valid will, these authorities decide how to distribute your assets based on state law, rather than whatever your final intentions would’ve been. A professionally drafted will is the safest method to ensure that your assets and wealth are distributed to the heirs you intend.

For an example of how the lack of a will can cause complications, consider property owned by a married couple. Under California law, such assets fall under the category of community property.

As such, any assets acquired during the marriage belong equally to both spouses. (Unfortunately, this includes debt.) If one of you dies without a will detailing who receives what, the state’s intestacy laws will decide for you. In the case of assets that involve inherent complexities, like real estate, leaving property disbursement up to probate court can lead to particularly undesirable outcomes.

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An Estate Plan Protects Your Family in More Ways Than One

No one looks forward to passing away. Frankly, no one truly enjoys the prospect of discussing death or anything related to it. But without addressing the financial ramifications of the fate we all face, you can make the weeks, months, and years after your passing even more difficult for your loved ones than they’ll already be.

An estate planning attorney in Los Angeles can help you gain peace of mind that your affairs are in order. Getting this counsel can also offer some peace of mind to the people you’re doing this for in the first place: those who will survive you.

A skilled and compassionate California estate planning lawyer will help your loved ones focus on properly grieving your loss and being there for each other when the day of your passing comes. The last thing you want to do is add to their stress by forcing them to try to navigate the complicated waters of California probate law. Your estate planning lawyer in Los Angeles will work with your family and friends when the time comes and keep them abreast of each step in the legal process and how it will unfold.

If handled properly from the beginning with aid from expert legal counsel, closing your estate should be relatively straightforward: free of unnecessary delays, expenses and stress.

Losing a loved one is difficult enough, so don’t make it more difficult for those you leave behind by failing to fulfill your legal estate planning responsibilities. Grieving is painful, but it’s also part of the healing process, and if you’ve removed legal difficulties from the equation before you pass away, you remove an additional burden from your loved ones’ shoulders.

Bespoke Estate Planning From Los Angeles Expert Attorneys

If you choose the Law Offices of Alice A. Salvo to help manage the affairs of your estate, you’ll receive advice tailored to your exact situation. We do not believe in a “one-size-fits-all” approach to estate planning.

Alice A. Salvo is a dedicated and highly qualified estate planning lawyer, certified as a specialist in estate planning, trust, and probate law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. Her advanced legal credentials include a distinguished rating of AV from Martindale Hubbell, a graduate law degree (JD + LLM in estate planning law) and a wealth of legal knowledge that only comes from extensive experience.

Speaking for the firm as a whole, our hallmark is service: delivered with care, compassion, and commitment. That’s why we have such a diverse client base. Whether you have a modest or large estate, we can help you manage it effectively.

From your first meeting, you’ll receive diligent care and attention from our attorneys. We offer realistic and practical, yet creative solutions, to your concerns. No matter whether you’re writing your first will or seeking guidance on complex inheritance tax issues, contact us. We will:

  • Listen to your concerns
  • Fully evaluate your assets
  • Explain your legal rights and options
  • Advise you of the consequences of any estate planning decision
  • Provide comprehensive guidance and answers to your questions

As a boutique law firm, we are committed to providing comprehensive and excellent legal estate planning services. No matter how complex your estate needs may be, we’re here to help. For peace of mind and legal advice you can count on to make informed decisions, contact the law offices of Alice A. Salvo today.