by Nikki Semanchik | Jul 24, 2020 | Estate Planning
Special Needs trusts are an important, but often overlooked, area of estate planning. As a parent, you work tirelessly every day to provide for your special needs child. But what happens after you pass away? Will your son or daughter have access to the money they...
by Nikki Semanchik | Apr 23, 2020 | Estate Planning
Legal Guardianship for Children As a parent, it is your responsibility to ensure that your children are safe and well-cared for at all times – even after you pass away. To meet this obligation, you will need to spend some time thinking about who should care for...
by Nikki Semanchik | Mar 5, 2019 | Estate Planning
Overview of the Costs and Complexities of the Probate Process The Probate process represents one of the most complicated sets of laws in the state of California or anywhere else in the United States. Although each state has its own probate code, or set of probate and...
by Nikki Semanchik | Jan 24, 2018 | Estate Planning
There are a couple of things in life that make us feel like we are true adults. Buying a house is a big one. Suddenly, you realize that buying a house means getting your finances in place, taking on a mortgage, getting insurance…basically full on adulting....
by Nikki Semanchik | Nov 2, 2017 | Estate Planning
1. To Avoid Court Did you know in California if you own assets over $150,000 in your individual name, your estate is likely to be probated? This means that after you die, your beneficiaries will have to go to court in order to get your assets. A trip to the...
