by Christine Brown | Sep 14, 2019 | Blended Families, Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills |
By Torrance Will and Trust Lawyer Christine Brown Modern American families come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and configurations. This creates unique circumstances when creating wills and trusts and putting long-term care plans in place. There is always the potential...
by Christine Brown | Aug 9, 2019 | Estate Planning, Inheritance, Wills |
By Torrance Will and Estate Lawyer Christine Brown Excluding someone from your will, particularly if it’s your spouse or your child, can be complicated. In some states, it’s not even allowed. Leaving out people who wouldn’t automatically receive any...
by Christine Brown | Jan 31, 2019 | Estate Planning, Family, Trusts, Uncategorized, Wills |
One of my greatest passions as a Los Angeles County estate planning lawyer is teaching parents how to wisely prepare for death. I realize the possibility of dying while your children are still young can be difficult to accept and that’s why many parents choose to not...
by Christine Brown | Dec 26, 2018 | Estate Planning, Joint Tenancy, Trusts, Wills |
As a Torrance will and trust lawyer, I can tell you the answer to this question, like so many other estate planning questions, is, “Yes, but….”. It is true that if you own an asset jointly with rights of survivorship in California, the joint tenant will automatically...
by Christine Brown | Nov 9, 2018 | Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills |
Serious health diagnoses can impact your life in huge ways and may bring concerns you haven’t thought of up to the forefront. One of those concerns, which is often pushed off when everything is going well, is estate planning and/or elder law planning. Planning can...
by Christine Brown | Jul 23, 2018 | Estate Planning, Living Will, Wills |
Here in Torrance, living will attorneys know full well the ramifications of not planning ahead for an unexpected disability. Even those clients who understand the importance of estate planning tend to overlook what would happen if they should become unable to care...
