Our comprehensive approach to estate planning ensures we understand our client’s tangible assets, and intangible desires. We pride ourselves in preparing a legacy for families. We help you create an estate plan that will work throughout your lifetime.
A Living Trust is a powerful planning tool that allows you to determine who will inherit your assets, how to pass on your legacy, and make sure your heirs stay out of court. We know the value of understanding our client’s goals as a starting point for each estate plan.
We use our Family Wealth Planning Sessions to learn about each client’s intentions, then create an estate plan that is unique to them.
A will allows you to identify the heirs of your estate and to name the executor, who is the person who will administer your will upon your death. Sometimes clients will use a will as the main component of their estate plan when the amount of the assets are low. If the estate assets unexpectedly increase, the estate could be subject to probate, increased costs and delays.
A Power of Attorney is an essential component of any estate plan. The document names an agent to manage estate assets in the event the principal is incapacitated. While the trustee of a trust has this power over all assets within the trust, the agent under power of attorney will have control and management of those assets outside of trust.
A well-drafted estate plan should include an advance health care directive that names individuals who can make health care decisions for you in the event you are unable to.
This document can empower your agent to communicate with your doctors and other health care providers who would otherwise be unable to release any information due to privacy concerns.
This document can also allow you the ability to direct some of your own health care in advance, so that your wishes are observed even if you lack capacity at a later date.
When it comes to your legacy, your assets, and defining your future, you need the experienced estate planning attorneys at Cottle Keen Lopiccolo and Heyde, LLP.
To schedule your Family Wealth Planning Session, please call (714) 997-7870, or click here to contact CKLH by email.
At CKLH, we understand the complexities of Estate Planning and the questions you will have throughout the process. We offer a client-focused process that guides you throughout the creation of your Estate Plan.
Here are the benefits of working with us:
Legally naming guardians is the first step to keep your family out of expensive and unnecessary conflict.
The attorneys at Cottle Keen Lopiccolo & Heyde have the experience to effectively resolve these trust challenges.
To speak with an experienced attorney in Cottle Keen Lopiccolo & Heyde’s trust litigation practice, please call (714) 997-7870, or click here to contact CKLH by email.
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