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Orange County Estate Planning Lawyer In Anaheim, CA

When you’re trying to make plans for your future, your estate, and your family, you may be unsure of where to start. What documents do you need, and how can you ensure your estate is passed on securely and with minimal taxation?

For nearly 10 years, attorney Rebecca Sommer has been practicing law and has experience in both litigation and counseling. In her current practice, she helps professionals and families in Anaheim, California, and beyond prepare for the future, navigate the complexities of estate law, and preserve their wealth for future generations.

Whether you have a few simple cherished possessions you’d like to pass on or a complex estate and elaborate plans for your assets, attorney Rebecca Sommer can help you draft the correct documents, establish power of attorney, protect what’s yours, and help secure your estate against excessive taxes.

Making plans for your wealth is about more than simply signing on a line; a strong plan for your future involves a meaningful partnership with an attorney you can trust. Your planning needs may require a will, a trust, power of attorney, or other tailored arrangements.

Let estate planning lawyer Rebecca Sommer help you and your family review your options and craft detailed, meaningful estate solutions that work for you.

Estate Planning Services

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Trusts

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Advance Health Care Directive

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Special Needs Planning

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Guardianship Nomination

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Trusts

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Advance Health Care Directive

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Special Needs Planning

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Guardianship Nomination

Estate Planning Trusts In Orange County, CA

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Trusts are legal arrangements that allow a portion of your assets to be designated and held for a certain purpose and are managed by either yourself or a third party.

Trusts hold assets which can be used for a variety of purposes, such as charitable contributions, a grandchild’s future education, or allowing a surviving spouse to benefit from wealth after you’ve passed on.

Some of the biggest benefits of a trust for California residents include avoiding probate (the court process that handles all of the stuff you’ve left behind if you have a will instead of a trust or didn’t plan at all), ensuring someone can step in to manage your assets if you become incapacitated so they don’t have to go to court for a conservatorship, and ensuring your assets are handled the way you want.

With a background in financial planning, estate planning lawyer Rebecca Sommer is prepared to help you understand and carefully draft a variety of trusts, including:

  • Probate Avoidance Trusts
  • Marital Trusts
  • Education Trusts
  • Special Needs Trusts
  • Charitable Remainder Trusts
  • Pet Care Trusts

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Why You Need A Revocable Living Trust Attorney

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A revocable living trust allows you to establish, amend, and even revoke a trust during your lifetime. Trusts in this category typically remain within your control and can still help loved ones avoid probate after your passing.

Attorney Rebecca Sommer can work closely with you to ensure that your revocable living trust is drafted, maintained, and tailored to your wishes and specifications and your loved ones’ needs.

Rebecca Sommer : Helping You Protect What Matters Most

Attorney Rebecca Sommer works closely with a variety of seasoned tax experts to help you get the most out of estate planning. You’ve worked hard for your assets and don’t want to see them taxed beyond reason.

Let a dedicated and caring estate planning attorney help you defend your assets from over-taxation in California, utilize trusts wisely to protect wealth, and ensure your beneficiaries receive everything they’re entitled to.

Are you in need of specific estate advice, or do you have unique questions or concerns? Rebecca Sommer prides herself on a personable, conscientious approach to her client’s estate needs: get the astute and meaningful estate help you need and deserve without going over your family’s budget.

How To Find Us?


Address:
Inside the Slaten Wealth office suite, 501 N Brookhurst Street, Suite 318a,
 Anaheim, CA 92801


Phone:
(657) 571-1241


Office Hours:
Thursday (10am - 2:30pm; 6pm-8:30pm)
Friday (10am - 2:30pm)
Saturday (9am - 11:30am)
Additional Hours Available Upon Request


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Frequently Asked Questions

A: While a will legally establishes how and to whom your wealth and possessions will be distributed after you’ve passed away, it is subject to probate. A trust also allows you to dictate who receives your wealth when you pass away but it avoids probate and has extra benefits like the ability to have someone step in to manage your assets if you're incapacitated without having to go to court, protects against your loved ones irresponsibly spending all of the generational wealth you've accumulated, prevents Medi-Cal claw back, and much more.
A: Trusts can be immensely helpful for individuals and families of a variety of income levels. Use a trust to help finance future education, provide for children, or ensure that a meaningful cause is funded before and after your passing.
A: Probate is the lengthy and sometimes costly process wherein assets are released after your passing and may be used to pay off debts. To avoid probate, trusts can be drafted and used to help protect assets from creditors and ensure that money is released quickly to beneficiaries on your death.
A: The assets within a trust may be subject to various taxes in California and at the federal level. The most common types of tax issues include income tax, capital gains tax, and property tax reassessment, with larger estates subject to estate, gift, and generation skipping transfer tax rules. Rebecca Sommer works closely with a variety of seasoned and knowledgeable tax experts to help her clients legally minimize taxes and maximize the benefits to their loved ones.

Estate Planning Strategies For Teachers In Orange County

Rebecca Sommer has worked closely with active and retired teachers in and around Anaheim, California. Her focus on careful planning, tailored legal counsel, and putting her client’s needs first has earned her a unique place of trust among Orange County educators.

Ms. Sommer is pleased and honored to have helped numerous public and private school teachers just like you plan how to best pass on wealth to children, causes, friends, and family.

Have questions about estate planning, trusts, wills, or taxation in Anaheim, California? Let caring, thorough, and hard-working estate planning lawyer Rebecca Sommer help you and your family plan for the future, protect what’s yours, and make the most of your hard-earned assets.

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