Trusts and Estates Attorneys
For decades, Herrig, Vogt & Hensley, LLP has been a leading provider of comprehensive legal services under the California Probate Code. Our expertise encompasses all facets of trust and estate litigation, including trust contests, will contests, elder abuse cases, and contested conservatorships and guardianships.
In addition to our litigation services, we specialize in estate planning and trust and probate administration. Our dedicated team ensures that your trust and estate matters are handled with the utmost professionalism and care.
Herrig, Vogt & Hensley, LLP
Trusts & Estates Attorneys
Our trusts and estates attorneys at Herrig, Vogt & Hensley, LLP have decades of combined legal experience. We pride ourselves in providing all of our clients with personal, results-driven solutions for your trust and estate needs.
Our attorneys’ sole mission is to create an estate plan that gives you security and confidence that your wishes will be carried out while creating a long-lasting solution. Rely on our knowledge and experience to guide you. Reach out to us today to schedule your consultation.
Our attorneys can help you properly prepare.
There are a few methods that you can take to avoid probate. First, you can create a trust and name beneficiaries. You could also create joint-ownership so there is still an owner after your death. Our estate and probate attorneys can help you choose the right method for you.
TRUST AND ESTATE Services For You
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Our attorneys represent clients in all roles of trust and estate litigation, including fiduciaries (trustee, executors, and administrators), beneficiaries, and interested family members and third parties. Disputes range from control of assets to contests of estate planning documents and elder abuse claims. While some disputes may be resolved through informal negotiation and mediation, some disputes can only be resolved through trial.
In addition, our attorneys represent family members in conservatorship disputes, contested guardianships, and pursue claims that unmarried partners may have against the estates of their deceased partner.
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Estate planning includes creation of a trust, will, power of attorney, advance health care directive, and more. A comprehensive estate plan will save your family significant stress, time, and money. Our estate planning attorneys will prepare a comprehensive and personalized estate plan that gives you security and confidence that your wishes will be carried out.
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TRUST ADMINISTRATION
After the Settlor passes away, their successor trustee must administer the terms of their trust. Our attorneys ensure that the trustee properly interprets the terms of the trust, complies with all trustee duties under the California Probate Code, and guides trustees through the trust administration process. By hiring Herrig, Vogt & Hensley, LLP, the trustee protects themselves from liability and litigation that often arises when the trustee is unfamiliar with trust administration.
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After someone passes away, a personal representative must lodge their will with the probate court, or if there is no will, petition the probate court for authority to manage the estate. Our attorneys ensure the administrator properly interprets the terms of the will, complies with all their duties under the California Probate Code, and guides the administrator through probate process. By hiring Herrig, Vogt & Hensley, LLP, the administrator protects themselves from liability and litigation that often arises when they are unfamiliar with the probate process and their duties under the Probate Code.
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CONSERVATORSHIPS
An adult loses capacity when they cannot properly make decisions or care for their personal or financial well-being. If an adult loses capacity, and does not have an estate plan in place, establishing a Conservatorship allows you to manage their personal and financial decisions for them under court supervision. By hiring Herrig, Vogt & Hensley, LLP, you will receive personalized service to ensure your loved one is properly cared for, and our attorneys will guide you through the conservatorship process.
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In the event that you and your partner pass away before your children reach the age of 18, the court will have to appoint a guardian to provide for their care. The same is true if you are caring for a disabled adult child. Additionally, if a minor is the named recipient of certain assets, such as life insurance, a guardian of their estate will need to be appointed. By hiring Herrig, Vogt & Hensley, LLP, you will receive personalized service to ensure your loved one is properly cared for, and our attorneys will guide you through the guardianship process.
Additionally, when you create an estate plan with Herrig, Vogt & Hensley, LLP, we ensure that you have a guardianship provision in place for your minor children or disabled adult children. This provision allows you to nominate the person you trust most to care for your minor children if you are no longer able to do so.
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What Makes Us Stand Out?
Innovative Solutions
Every family is different. To best serve you, our estate planning attorneys will collaborate with you so that we can build strong, personalized, comprehensive plans to meet your individual goals.
Compassionate Service
We know how ease it can be to put off estate planning for the future. Our attorneys will guide you through the process to ensure your wishes and intents are honored.
AV Preeminent® rating
Our attorneys are among the top 5% of practicing attorneys in the United States. Fellow lawyers in our community have consistently given us the highest ratings for our services.
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Our knowledgeable attorneys will guide you through the estate planning process and ensure you have a personalized and comprehensive plan in place. Whether you need to create a basic or complex estate plan or need an estate or probate litigator, we are here for you. Contact us today in Granite Bay, California, and schedule your free case consultation.