Services

Living Trusts, also known as Revocable Trusts, (which means that you, the Grantor and Trustee can revoke the Trust or amend it whenever you wish) are created to avoid Probate and distribute your estate to your beneficiaries. An Estate Planning Package typically includes your trust, a special Will, a financial Power of Attorney, a HealthCare Directive, and the deeds transferring your real property into the trust.

Once your Trust is complete, you can return to me over the years to come for Amendments, Trust Distributions and many other Trust related legal documents.

I prepare both back-up wills made to work with Living Trusts to distribute personal property and give the residue of the estate to the Trustee of the Trust AND standard Last Testimate Wills for those who may have no real property and wish only to leave their prized possessions to their loved ones and to appoint Guardians for their minor children.

Remember to come see me if you need to change your Will or you decide you need a Trust afterall!

Probate is the process by which the court over-sees the distribution of the assets of a deceased person. The level of supervision is determined by the appraised value of the estate at the time of death. Avoiding probate is why most people want a Living Trust.

I prepare many types of real property transfer documents from simple Grant Deeds,Trust Transfer Deeds, QuitClaim Deeds to Notes secured by Deeds of Trust and Mobile Home Transfers.

In addition there are many other documents used in the transferring of real property. You may want to simply add your son or daughter to title or perhaps you got married and want to add your new spouse to your Deed.