Practice Areas
Atlantis Law, LLP covers many areas of law but the main three are living trusts, estate planning, and wills. Read on to learn more about what we do and how we can help you.
San Jose Living Trusts
A trust is an arrangement under which an individual, called a trustee, has legal title to property for another person, the recipient.
You can be the trustee of your own living trust, keeping complete control over all home held in trust. To read more about working as a trustee, see atlantislawfirm.com.
A "living trust" is just a trust you develop while you're alive, rather than one that is developed at your death.
Different type of living trusts can assist you to stay clear of probate, decrease estate taxes, or established long-lasting home management.
Estate Planning Law
It is not just for those who have retired, although individuals do tend to consider it more as they grow older. Sadly, we can't effectively anticipate how long we will live, and illness and accidents occur to individuals of all ages.
Estate planning is also not simply for the grossly wealthy, although individuals who have actually built some wealth do frequently believe more about how to maintain it. Excellent estate planning often is appealing more to families with modest assets, due to the fact that they can afford to lose the least.
A lot of individuals don't plan.
Individuals tend to avoide estate planning because they believe they don't have enough, they're not old enough, they're busy, think they have plenty of time, they're puzzled and don't understand who can assist them, or they just don't wish to believe it. Then, when something happens to them, their families have to pick up the pieces.
Wills Attorneys
Lots of people know that they ought to have a will, however numerous have no idea exactly what a will is and what's involved.
A will is a testament or document that states your last desires. It is read by a county court after your death, and the court makes certain that your final wishes are performed. No state requires your will to be notarized, although you may use a notarized self-proving affidavit that will make your will much easier to get through probate after your death.
A couple of states permit you to make a handwritten wills, that do not actually have to be signed. Nevertheless, handwritten wills should be utilized when you do not have time to make a formal will because they are a lot more prone to challenges after your death.