Living together is joyful, but looking ahead to many years from now, you would want to visit all the reasons why a cohabitation agreement paired with an estate plan becomes important, if you are a resident of Los Angeles County, California. Here is a list of why you need a…
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As years go by, the practice of law has become very specialized, especially when it comes to estate planning in Los Angeles. Gone are the days where an attorney was a general practitioner handling multiple unrelated areas of law. A tremendous amount of work goes into becoming a specialist in…
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What opportunities does estate planning unveil for your family? Estate planning is a doorway to review your investments, plan for the future, and resolve family conflicts before death. The process of estate planning generally starts with viewing your assets, and determining how they should pass to your loved ones. As…
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When a couple creates a revocable trust with an A/B designation, when the first spouse passes away, the remaining spouse usually remains as trustee. While in most cases, this works out well, there are times when becoming the trustee of two trusts can be problematic. Lets say you are the…
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When you create a living trust or an estate plan, you go into it with the best of intentions, and never think that it may not work in the future. Pay attention to some of the following points and review your trust to see if you have any of these…
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Yes, you can restrict a power of attorney in Los Angeles California, if you are the principal, you are competent, and you use the right restrictive language in your Durable Power of Attorney. Durable v. Non-Durable Power of Attorney First, a Durable Power of Attorney is one that stays valid,…
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The speed of getting a temporary conservatorship in Los Angeles depends on the facts of your case. First, you must know that how fast a conservatorship may be granted depends on the urgency of the facts and circumstances of your case, especially the presentation of it in the Los Angeles…
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Because it is very difficult to get an LPS conservatorship in Los Angeles, California, parents of mentally ill persons should consider alternatives to conservatorships when the occasion allows for the exercise of the alternatives. What are your goals? If your goals are to be able to give medical help to…
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Every adult in California is presumed to be competent and capable of making his or her own decisions unless a court determines otherwise, either in a conservatorship or in a Guardian Ad Litem appointment proceeding. If a person becomes incapable of making good decisions for his or her own benefit,…
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As many of you may know, Stan Lee (Nee Stanley Martin Lieber) was best known for his creations of such superheroes as Spider-man, the Incredible Hulk, and Black Panther, along with the Marvel Universe. Lee died on November 12, 2018, at the age of 95. He had survived his wife…