What Is An Estate?
Your estate includes all your assets, both financial and non-financial, from houses to smaller personal items. It’s everything you own—everything you’ve worked so hard to accumulate in your lifetime. Distributing an estate after you die can be straightforward. However, the quick, complete, and hassle-free distribution of your estate hinges on the quality of your estate plan.
What Is Estate Planning & Why Is It Important?
Estate planning is the process of leaving clear instructions as to what will happen to you and your assets when you pass. It can also relay your wishes regarding medical and financial decisions should you become incapacitated, care of minor children, and more. It serves as your voice when you aren’t around or able to make your wishes known.
Without an estate plan, your loved ones—or the court—will be left to decide how your estate will be handled. That can lead to indecision about healthcare, cause unnecessary stress, arguments among family, and financial problems. It can also result in money from your estate being wasted on expensive probate court processes or, in some cases, assets being seized by the State Department of Unclaimed Property.
On the other hand, careful estate planning serves to streamline the distribution process, make things easier on your loved ones, and minimizes the estate tax paid by your family, ensuring more of the legacy you leave behind goes where it belongs.
Get Help From A Skilled San Diego Estate Planning Attorney
You’ve worked a lifetime to build your estate. Careful estate planning is the best way to guarantee it goes to your loved ones as intended. At Weiner Law, we create wills and trusts that protect estates in San Diego and elsewhere in California financially and legally. You can trust us to help you craft an estate plan that will ensure your wishes are carried out.
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