Remote Estate Planning


Helping Clients Throughout California with Their Estate Planning Needs


Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic and recommended social distancing protocols, our firm offers complete remote estate planning services from start to finish. Utilizing, mail, e-mail, phone and/or video tools, you can ensure that your family is protected in a quick, and cost-effective manner from the comfort of your home, anywhere in California.

To learn more about estate planning and how a California estate planning lawyer can help you, reach out to the Law Offices of Daniel L. DuRee at (855) 963-0987and schedule a free consultation.

Revocable Living Trust

By setting up a revocable living trust and transferring assets into it, you can generally avoid the extensive fees and delay of a court-administered probate.

A trust also allows the appointment of a successor trustee who can automatically manage trust assets should the original trustor become incapacitated.

Pour-Over Will

A pour-over will is a simple legal instrument that “pours” all of the personal property into a trust upon the death of the creator. All significant assets should already be held in the trust before the death of the trustor, but the pour-over will transfers all remaining property into the trust. A will is also where parents will nominate guardians for their minor children.

Advance Healthcare Directive

The advance healthcare directive has no financial consequences but instead concerns the type and extent of medical service rendered should you become physically or mentally unable to make healthcare decisions. The advance healthcare directive appoints an agent (and a backup agent) who has the authority to carry out your healthcare wishes when there is a determination that you lack the mental capacity to make your own decisions. A lack of capacity is determined by the patient’s primary physician and by the agent.

The advance healthcare directive also contains an authorization that your agent may obtain certain health information about you that would otherwise be barred by HIPPA regulations.

Durable Power of Attorney

A durable power of attorney becomes effective upon the mental or physical incapacity of the grantor. It gives the agent the ability to deal with non-trust assets on behalf of the incapacitated person. It may also allow the agent to file tax returns, pay medical bills, and sue on the grantor’s behalf.

Why Have an Estate Plan?

Our goal in working with you is to ensure that your estate is passed onto your heirs with minimal government interference and tax liability.

With a properly drafted estate plan, you can:

  • Avoid probate
  • Prevent unnecessary tax burden
  • Provide for minors
  • Protect your assets
  • Gain peace of mind

If you live in California and own real property or other property valued at over $150,000 (including investments), it is important that you work with an estate planning attorney to provide support and financial stability for your surviving spouse, children, and grandchildren, as well as to preserve your wealth for later generations. Also, having a compassionate and knowledgeable California estate planning attorney is vital.

Please call, or fill out a contact form today to get the process started.

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