Estate Planning/Administration

Los Angeles, California Estate Planning Attorneys

After you have built your business, worked hard and saved for many years, and your personal wealth has grown with your career, or by inheritance, you want to be certain that your assets pass to your loved ones in accordance with your wishes, with minimal transfer taxes and costs. At the law firm of Aikenhead, Cipes & Supanich, in Los Angeles, California, we can help you attain your estate planning goals. Our experienced estate planning attorneys will help you minimize estate and inheritance taxes, preserve your family business for future generations, and provide a clear plan for the orderly distribution of your estate.

We draft and prepare all documents necessary to create an effective estate plan, including:

• Simple or complex wills
• Revocable living trusts
• Irrevocable trusts
• Powers of attorney for asset management
• Advance health care directives

Our principal counseling goals are: (1) creating a flexible estate plan which meets the client’s goals and objectives, (2) minimizing the death tax impact and (3) eliminating the cost and expense of probate.

Once all the estate-planning issues have been handled, we continue to advise trust and estate fiduciaries and beneficiaries through the administration and final distribution of the estate or trust. We also serve as general and matter-specific counsel to fiduciaries regarding the administration of probate and non-probate estates, trusts, conservatorships and guardianships.

Our services include assistance in real estate transactions, business operations and insurance matters. We prepare federal and state estate tax returns and handle any related audits, assist in the division of trust assets among the subtrusts commonly used in zero tax marital deduction situations, and consult with fiduciaries on their accounting and investment duties.

Estate and trust administrators can also turn to us for appropriate legal services in all estate, trust and probate matters, including the preparation of gift, estate tax, and generation-skipping transfer tax returns. Our use of hi-tech software assures time-efficient, cost-effective services. We also handle the probate of estates when necessary.

Contact our skilled estate planning lawyers to set up a consultation.

Our Lawyers Represent Individuals and Businesses Throughout Los Angeles and Across California

At Aikenhead, Cipes & Supanich we represent individuals and businesses throughout greater Los Angeles and across California (CA). From our centrally located office in downtown Los Angeles, we represent people in Los Angeles (LA), Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Culver City, Van Nuys, Universal City, Sherman Oaks, Burbank, Glendale, South Pasadena, West Covina, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange County, Santa Ana, Newport Beach, Ventura, Santa Barbara, and many other areas surrounding Los Angeles, California. We also represent those in other parts of California, such as San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento, Santa Cruz, San Jose, Oakland and other areas. Please do not hesitate to call us for a consultation.