Southern California Estate Planning Lawyer

Estate Planning Attorneys for the Inland Empire, Orange County, and West Los Angeles

Planning ahead is a wise strategy. Applied to your estate, such advance planning can eliminate disputes and uncertainties as to how your estate will be handled and distributed after you are gone. Estate planning involves wills, trusts, designating your beneficiaries, powers of appointment, powers of attorney, property ownership, gifts and more. If you or someone you know needs legal assistance with any aspect of estate planning, a Fransen & Molinaro estate planning attorney may be able to help you. Please call for a consultation to determine how to proceed in handling all of your estate planning needs.

Estate Planning

If you have a house (with or without equity), a bank account with more than a few thousand dollars, or items of value, you should have at least a basic estate plan in place. An estate plan ensures that your money and possession can be used to care for your family and loved ones after you die. An estate plan may have several parts, including a will, an assignment of power of attorney, a living will or medical power of attorney, or a trust. When devising an estate plan, state and federal laws governing estates must be taken into consideration. A Southern California estate planning lawyer at F&M can advise you about such laws and prepare all the necessary documents to put your estate plan into place.

Passing away without a will, called dying "intestate," can be costly to your heirs and leaves you without any control or power over the distribution of your assets. A will gives everyone a written record of your instructions as to how you want your estate handled, names guardians for your children, and other important details.

Estate planning is vital for everyone. For legal assistance with planning your estate, contact a Southern California estate planning lawyer at Fransen & Molinaro today!