Probate Attorney in San Diego, CA

Probate Overview

California Law Firm: Helping You With Estate Planning and Probate

Do not do it alone. If you are considering your estate plan or are a caretaker helping an elderly person prepare an estate plan, it is essential to work with a legal team that is experienced and knowledgeable on California's estate planning and probate laws and procedures.

At the San Diego Elder Law Center, we provide a wide range of estate planning services and probate services for our clients throughout California. We help our clients establish effective estate plans that will help their estate avoid probate by clearly and effectively communicating their wishes.

Estate Planning

When someone executes a will and other trust documents, the problems really occur after death, when the survivors start disputing over inheritance rights and estates have to go to probate to be decided by judges. All of these disputes can be avoided by a well-conceived estate plan. We have the experience to help you establish all of the essential estate planning documents, including:

• Wills
• Trusts
• Powers of attorney
• Advance health care directives
• Guardianships

By communicating your wishes clearly through legally effective estate planning documents, it helps your family avoid costly and time consuming probate disputes.

Probate Representation

We represent clients in a wide range of probate matters:

• Administration: We represent potential heirs, beneficiaries, executors, administrators and other people involved in probate. If you are an administrator or other probate agent, we can help you with all of the complicated requirements associated with this role, including filings, accountings, inventories and appraisals.
• Probate dispute mediation and negotiation: When probate disputes arise, we can represent you in will contests and trust disputes involving claims of undue influence, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty. Our first step is to attempt negotiation or mediation. When successful, these methods bring resolution to our clients' disputes in a way that avoids the cost and time delays associated with litigation.
• Probate dispute litigation: Many probate disputes become too complicated or contentious to settle through non-litigious negotiations. If you are in a probate dispute that has to go to litigation, I will represent your interests.

Contact the San Diego Elder Law Center

To talk with an attorney from our firm free of charge, call 619-235-4357.

Other Frequent Case Types

• Medi-Cal in San Diego, CA

Areas of Practice

• Probate
• Elder Law
• Probate & Estate Administration