Estate Planning

A good estate plan does two things: it carries out your wishes, and it spares the people you love a mess. For families that are anything but simple, due to second marriages, children from more than one relationship, a family business, or a child who needs extra support, an off-the-shelf plan often does neither.

We prepare living trusts, wills, powers of attorney, and advance health care directives, with particular attention when needed to blended families and to the provisions that prevent conflict down the road.

If you already have a plan but your life has changed due to a marriage, a divorce, a death, or a move to California, it's worth a review. Plans age, and the gap between what a document says and what you now want is where trouble begins.