Legal life planning for families
Because your family is worth it
Wills | Trusts
Helping you prepare for life
Here at Your Property Law Firm we strive to be a different type of law practice.
Our goal is to establish a personal and professional relationship with our clients
to better serve their estate planning needs. We bring compassion and professionalism to every client and customize our support to your individual needs.
Consequences When Attorneys Don’t Listen
Many attorneys consider estate planning as a process of delivering required
documents to their clients in a likely one-time transaction. The team behind Your
Property Law Firm views the process differently. We understand that many
aspects of your life will change as time passes, and the things that were relevant
when you began your estate planning process will most likely modify as time
goes on. Here’s what I mean: the common practice of estate planning is usually
asking clients about their assets and their intentions for the distribution of those
assets. The client is then presented with a will or trust stating those intentions.
While the client does indeed receive an estate plan, the plan often proves to be a
temporary solution that is destined to fail over the course of time. This common
practice overlooks the importance of updating the documents as life progress.
We Listen
We recognize that our clients will experience life-changes over time. New assets are acquired, while some assets are sold. Marital status can change; a new baby can enter the picture; some clients will start a new business, and some may realize they need to also plan for the care of aging parents. People don’t often realize that as life changes, so does the need to have an updated estate plan. One of my mentors had to deal with the repercussions of this common practice. When she was in law school her father died, and even though her father spent $3,000 on an estate plan, his loved ones ended up in court to settle issues that changed. His estate plan was out of date and the assets were not owned properly. Because our relationship is so important, we make sure to customize each family wealth planning session for your personal needs.
Not your "traditional" Lawyers
Your Property Law Firm is right for you if you want to know that your plan will actually work when you and your loved ones need it most. If all you want is a set of legal documents, there are plenty of online resources you can use to create them.
If what you want is to know you have a plan in place that will work when your family needs it, and keep the people you love out of court, and out of conflict, and your assets out of the hands of the government, then we might be the right fit for you.
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Estate Planning
Do you want an Estate Plan that is tailored to your needs and wishes? Your Property Law Firm can help!
Kid Protection Plan
Ensure that your children will always be taken care of no matter what happens. Schedule a free consultation.
Probate
Did you recently experience a loss? Your Property Law Firm can be your legal support system.
Estate & Trust Administration
As your Personal Family Lawyer®, we work closely with the family, beneficiaries, and other advisors to ensure your trust or estate is properly administrated.
Real Property Law
Here at Your Property Law Firm we represent residential and commercial property owners: Disputes, short sales, foreclosures, and more!
Bankruptcy
Your Property Law Firm can help you manage debt and lessen the burden on you and your loved ones.
Fixed Fees
We offer fixed-fees estate planning, agreed upon in advance, and no hourly billing. At our initial meeting, you will choose the level of planning and fee that works best for your family, so there will never be any surprises.
Communication
We keep you informed and make sure your plan works. We don’t just prepare a set of legal documents for you and send you on your way. We make sure your assets are owned in the right way, we make sure your kids’ well-being is properly planned for, we ensure everyone you’ve named in your plan knows what to do if anything happens to you.
Annual Reviews
We review your plan at least every 3 years and annually through our Family Wealth VIP Membership program. We foster a lifetime, ongoing relationship with our clients. Throughout your life, things change. You change; your assets change; your family changes; the law will definitely change. When planning with us, your plan will keep up with those changes.
Easy and painless
We have a whole team in place to answer your quick questions and to make the planning process incredibly easy and painless for you and your family. We have a process for helping you make sure that your assets are titled in the right way, both now and over your lifetime.
Savings
We help you get your legal and financial house in order by helping you make smart choices about things like buying insurance, saving for college, and retirement planning; so you never spend more than you have to or get taken advantage of by unscrupulous salespeople.
Child Protection Plan
We’ve been specifically trained as a Personal Family Lawyer® to plan for your life and death, and to ensure that if you have minor children, they are never raised by anyone you wouldn’t want or taken into the care of strangers. And, if your children are adults, we help you weave them into your estate plan with care and forethought that most other lawyers simply do not have the training to do.
Legacy Planning
We believe that planning is about much more than just the transfer of your financial wealth. With all of our plans, we include a process to help you transfer your most important personal wealth to your loved ones, including your intellectual, spiritual and human assets - who you are and what’s important to you.
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California
Schedule a free consultation with your property law firm
Schedule a free consultation with Amanda Vavak, Chief Legal Counsel, Your Property Law Firm.