Burbank Living Trusts

Experienced Representation in East Los Angeles

If you have not put a plan in place to ensure the orderly distribution of your property upon death, a California living trust offers to you and your heirs many benefits not found with a will. To put such a trust in place, you want an experienced attorney who has helped protect the rights of others in similar circumstances to help you prepare and execute the documents necessary.

At the Burbank office of Hart, Mieras & Morris, our lawyers have considerable experience helping people secure the advantages of a living trust. We opened our first office in Los Angeles in 1952, and senior partner Gary Morris has provided trust and estate counsel to the firm’s clients since 1972. We understand that a living trust is not prepared in a vacuum. You may need investment advice or own real estate through the trust. You may require insurance advice or assistance with tax or accounting matters. We employ a team of professionals to meet your needs, including investment advisors and money managers, a real estate broker, an insurance agent, and a tax / accounting specialist.

Contact our office or call us in Burbank at 626-445-1212 (toll-free at 1-800-LAW-5570) to schedule an appointment.

At the Burbank, California, offices of Hart, Mieras & Morris, we represent people in north and northwest Los Angeles, including Glendale, Pasadena, Altadena and La Crescenta. We also have offices in Arcadia, Glendora and Whittier, CA.

Assistance with Living Trusts in Burbank, California

If you have a will to govern the distribution of your property upon death, that will may go through the probate process, which will cost your heirs time and money. It can take anywhere from one to three years for a will to be probated, and the attorney handling the estate will customarily charge a fixed percentage of the estate (usually from four to eight percent) to settle the estate. When you put your property into a living trust, however, it avoids probate, saving your loved ones time and money.

Additionally, a living trust can help you:

• maintain control of your assets during your lifetime
• minimize family conflict regarding your estate
• eliminate any capital gains taxes upon the death of your spouse
• preserve your federal estate tax exemption
• maintain family privacy

We will prepare and execute all the necessary documentation to establish your California living trust and help you transfer any property into the trust. We can also help you use a living trust to provide for any friends’ or family members’ special needs, including:

• support or educational funding for children or grandchildren
• assistance for elderly parents
• funds for medical expenses should you or your spouse become terminally ill

In addition to living trusts, we also provide other estate planning services, including:

• the preparation of wills, powers of attorney and health care directives
• the preparation of other types of trusts, including irrevocable life insurance trusts (ILITs), grantor annuity trusts (GRATs), qualified personal residence trusts (QPRTs), charitable lead trusts (CLTs), charitable remainder trusts (CRTs) and dynasty trusts
• tax planning for estate distribution

Contact Our Offices

Contact Hart, Mieras & Morris or call our offices in Burbank at 626-445-1212 (toll-free at 1-800-LAW-5570) to schedule an appointment to discuss how we can help you protect your estate with a living trust.

At the Burbank, California, offices of Hart, Mieras & Morris, we represent people in north and northwest Los Angeles, including Glendale, Pasadena, Altadena and La Crescenta. We also have offices in Arcadia, Glendora and Whittier, CA.

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