Estate Planning Lawyers - Felahy Law Group
Serving the Los Angeles and Long Beach, CA areas
Estate Planning is the process by which an individual or family arranges the transfer and distribution of assets in anticipation of death or incapacitation. The estate can consist of real property and things attached to it, all personal property, cash, stock, bonds, business interests, etc.
The experienced estate planning attorneys at Felahy Law Group provide a wide range of legal services dealing with estate planning. There are many tools and techniques that make up a well thought-out estate plan. Felahy Law Group helps clients create an estate plan that will: minimize the costs and effects of estate taxation, avoid or minimize the need for probate proceedings, provide for the possibility of poor health and/or incapacity, organize and clearly express thoughts and wishes for the estate, provide a clear line of authority for management of the estate, arrange a proper form of title for their assets, coordinate retirement plan beneficiaries, and much more.
Felahy Law Group can help individuals and families with:
- Revocable (Living) Trusts
- Insurance Trusts and Other Irrevocable Trusts
- Trusts for Children and Grandchildren
- Special Needs Trusts
- Generation-Skipping Trusts
- Wills and Pour-Over Wills
- Durable Powers of Attorney
- Gift Planning
- Planning for Retirement Benefits (including IRAs)
- Family Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies and similar entities
- Advance Health Care Directives and other arrangements concerning health care
- Probate & Probate Litigation (Will & Trust Contests)
It is important for individuals to consider creating their plan now, while they have the capacity to do so. Careful and effective planning can save money in taxes and probate costs that can go to loved ones instead. Failure to have an adequate estate plan can place your assets in the hands of people you don’t want to have it and property you want to pass on could be sold to pay taxes and costs. Therefore, contact the attorneys at Felahy Law Group now to guide you through the process and create an estate plan that is right for you.
