|
Los
Angeles, Ca
To
contact us by telephone:
818-340-4479
Toll
Free in Southern California:
800-300-9977
Click
here To email us:
Los
Angeles Personal Wealth Protection Attorney
Contact
Us:MSirkin@SirkinLaw.com
Our
Los Angeles Family Wealth attorney team can help you administer
California Wealth plans, Probate and Trust Estates in accordance
with California Probate Law and the California Probate Code. We
practice in all California Probate courts.
Los
Angeles Family Wealth and Estate Planning Lawyers
Los
Angeles Trust Administration
California
Probate and Trust Litigation
California
Conservatorship
Breach
of Fiduciary Duty Litigation
Trust
& Probate Accounting Actions
Los
Angeles Special Needs Trust
Post-Death
QDRO Litigation
Life
Insurance Beneficiary Litigation
Pension
Litigation
Entity
Formation: Corporations, Partnerships, Family Limited
Partnerships; Limited Liability Companies; Charitable
Foundations.
Business
Transactions:
We can assist you in implementing your business transactions,
including stock sales and corporate transfers.
Law
Practice Sales Systems
Direct access to our lawyers:
Los Angeles Family Wealth Attorney
Los Angeles Trust Attorney
California Probate Attorney
California Trust Attorney
|
We
are fans of the following local sports teams:
|
Los
Angeles Dodgers ®
The
Los Angeles Lakers ®
UCLA
Bruins Football ®
Bay
Laurel Elementary School
Calabash
Elementary School
Round
Meadow Elementary School
Chaparral
Elementary School
Lockhurst
Elementary School
Woodland
Hills Elementary School
Woodlake
Elementary School
Pomelo
Elementary School
Serrania
Elementary School
Hale
Middle School
Stelle
Middle School
El
Camino Real High School
Taft
High School
Calabasas
High School
Los
Angeles Family guardian form Attorney, Los Angeles Trust
Attorney, Lawyer, Los Angeles Family guardian form Lawyer,
California Wealth, California Wealth Law, Los Angeles
Trust, Los Angeles Estate Planning Lawyer, Los Angeles Estate
Planning Attorney, California Wealth Lawyer, Los Angeles Family
Wealth Lawyer, California Wealth
Attorney, Wealth Attorney Los Angeles, Trust Attorney Los
Angeles, Ca WealthLaw
|
CAREGIVER
AUTHORIZATION FORM
Los
Angeles, California
California Caregiver Authorization Form
Mina
N. Sirkin is a Board
Certified Specialist attorney in the areas of Estate Planning,
Probate and Trust Law by the State Bar of California Board of
Legal Specialization. Los Angeles Family Wealth Lawyer advising
your on your personal wealth preservation and protection matters.
Evan
R. Sirkin is an experienced Estate Planner and Personal
Wealth Mediator.
Marilyn
Mamann is an Elder Law, Estate Planning and Los Angeles
Family Wealth planning lawyer.
We
are members of the Trust and Estates Section of the State Bar of
California, the American Bar Association, the Trusts and Estates
Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Trusts &
Estates Section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, and the San
Fernando Valley Bar Association.
California
Guardianship: The most important decision you will make as a
parent of a minor child is to name the right guardian for him or
her in your absence. In fact, selecting the right guardian or the
wrong guardian can forever change the course of your child's
life. Family protection can be easy if you follow our recommended
course of action.
Who
is best suited to act as a guardian can be determined by
developing a list of potential guardians, matching them to your
list of values, obtaining permission from the guardians to act,
and implementing a nomination. An anti-nomination clause can be
used to prevent appointment of people you absolutely would not
want as guardians of your child. We have automated that process
for you to make sure your children will never be at the mercy of
the courts in selecting someone other than the person(s) you
would select.
You
may use our Free
Guardian Selection Kit
®
by clicking on this link: CLICK
HERE.
The
affairs of Minors and their assets are managed in guardianships.
Guardianship matters usually involve one of several situations:
When a parent is deceased and a minor is in need of an alternate
person who can make decisions on his or her behalf; When there is
no parent who can make decisions for a minor. When minors are
disabled and receive litigation proceeds or inherit,
guardianships are created to assist in managing the assets of the
minor. California Probate Code requires that assets of the minor
be placed in blocked accounts, or a bond be issued for the
guardian.
Guardians
can be categorized in two general categories:
Guardian
of Estate: This a person who manages the assets or money of a
minor.
Guardian
of Person: This is a person with whom the minor will live if
the parents are deceased.
Click
here to obtain more information on guardianships in California.
Making
sure your life insurance policy is effective and up-to-date is an
important part of estate planning. If you have minor children or
a disabled spouse or child, it is important to keep the insurance
in place to pay for any needs of that beneficiary. However, a
minor or disabled person should never be named as a beneficiary
of a life insurance policy. An adult beneficiary as a trustee or
custodian for the minor or a trust should be named as the
beneficiary of a policy for the benefit of a minor. A special
needs trust should be created to receive life insurance proceeds
on behalf of a disabled individual. Keeping an adequate amount of
life insurance is another important part of estate planning. As
there are many different types of life insurance, each type has a
different purpose. Ask us to guide you as to the amount needed as
we examine your estate plan and your debt.
One of the most
significant tools in wealth planning and preservation for your
family is life insurance and life insurance trusts. Ignoring this
very valuable tool can be very costly to your family . So much
can be accomplished while you are healthy and the window of
planning in this area gets smaller as you age.
Life Insurance
Beneficiary Litigation:
Disputes
among beneficiaries of life insurance policies are fairly common.
More common types of disputes in this area involve whether a
beneficiary designation was made against California law. The most
common type of dispute in this area is a dispute involving a
second spouse and children from a first marriage. Additionally,
often there are issues of whether the policy owner had the right
to modify a beneficiary designation for lack of capacity or lack
of authority. We can help you litigate, settle and collect
insurance policies. Don't wait until the life insurance company
acts to interplead the funds, call us to determine if you may
have a cause of action which needs to be handled.
Click
here to obtain more information on how we evaluate Life Insurance
Litigation Cases.
Pension Litigation:
Has
your spouse changed the beneficiary of a pension without your
authorization? Has a pension administrator or employer failed to
deliver pension proceeds to you? We can assist you in collecting
from ERISA Plans, Non-ERISA Plans, IRA Accounts, 401 (k)
Plans, and other qualified pensions plans. Please remember that
California laws differ from Federal Pension laws and we can help
you find the correct path to collecting your interest in the
pension.
ERISA
rules relating to pension beneficiaries can differ substantially
from non-ERISA pension plan rules. For example, even a definition
of who can be considered a spouse can differ under different
pension plans.
Did your spouse change the pension beneficiary to someone other
than you? We litigate this type of matter and can assist you in
recovering the pension proceeds. Pension plans are responsible to
check documentation of spousal consents to beneficiary
designations and may be responsible for their negligence.
|
Living
Trust Information
Living
Trust Newsletter
Three
simple steps in forming a Revocable Family Wealth Trust
Successor
Trustee and Personal Wealth Training Course
Los
Angeles Probate Information
Probate
Executor Training Course
California
Probate Code 13100-13101: Affidavit of Small Estate
How
to select the right guardian for your child?
Conservatorship
Information
Conservator
E-Course
|
For
Attorney Clients Only: Law Practice Purchase and Sale
|
Have
you nominated a practice administrator?
For
Lawyers Only: PracticeAssure ® Law Practice Sales Seminar &
Material
Receive
Our Special Needs Safety Kit
Read
the Medi-Cal eligibility guidelines.
Read
the Medi-Cal Recovery FAQ.
|
PENSION
& LIIFE INSURANCE LITIGATION
|
Has
someone claimed to be a life insurance or pension beneficiary to
which you believe you are entitled? Click
here.
Has
a Life Insurance company failed to pay life insurance proceeds to
which you were entitled? Click
here.
|
POST-DIVORCE PLANNING &
LITIGATION
|
Did
you know that your divorce invalidates your old estate plan?
Click
here to receive our post-divorce estate planning kit.
Post-Death
QDRO Litigation
Los
Angeles County
Orange
County
Ventura
County
Santa
Barbara County
San
Diego County
San
Bernardino County
Do
you need an attorney in another county? Click
here and ask us for a referral.
|
CITIES
& TOWNS NEAR
SAN
FERNANDO VALLEY
|
Los
Angeles
Calabasas
Woodland
Hills
West
Hills
Sherman
Oaks
Tarzana
Northridge
North
Hollywood
Reseda
Van
Nuys
Burbank
Glendale
Pasadena
|
