CALIFORNIA LAWYER WITH THE ABILITY TO HELP
How can the Law Office of Mark Boykin provide estate administration and conservatorship skills to clients? Following are two situations that are all too familiar with today’s aging population.
1. Siblings are left to manage their recently deceased parent’s California estate. Soon it becomes clear that each has different ideas about what the estate plan was designed to accomplish. Grief, unfamiliarity with the law, and different values make agreement impossible.
2. A nephew from Kentucky visits his elderly uncle in Los Angeles. Soon it becomes clear the uncle is no longer capable of managing his own finances. His electricity was almost shut off for non-payment. And worse, his uncle has signed away substantial sums to an obviously fraudulent home improvement scheme.
These are both situations that can be remedied with the services of a California attorney experienced in—
1. Estate Administration
2. Conservatorship
SERVING LA COUNTY RESIDENTS FOR 25 YEARS
Woodland Hills, CA attorney Mark Boykin has the legal know-how—combined with diplomatic skills and sensitivity—to help families needing impartial legal counsel and excellent management skills.
Estate Administration
An attorney acting as a private fiduciary agent for estates and trusts helps eliminate conflicts between siblings and other family members.
An impartial attorney can distribute funds and perform other requirements of an estate or trust in a businesslike manner. Unsophisticated executors or trustees may act inappropriately or irresponsibly and inspire angry litigation from other family members. The effects on a family can be devastating.
An experienced estate lawyer can handle all aspects of settling an estate or handling a trust, including:
- Marshalling assets—digging deep if necessary to find every asset
- Finding debts that must be paid
- Understanding the distribution set-up in the plan
- Taking control and moving everything through the legal system
- Ultimately making the final distribution of assets to the heirs
Conservatorship
A conservatorship is a way to set up guardianship for an incompetent elderly or challenged adult. Typically, relatives notice the loss of competency and try to protect their loved ones. Sometimes, an out-of-state relative becomes alarmed and calls Attorney Mark Boykin for advice when their loved one displays irrational or erratic behavior.
Calm objective legal counsel can make a difference. Setting up a conservatorship can be a particularly delicate challenge if those deemed incompetent by family members feel capable of taking care of themselves—a sure source of conflict.
Mark can help clients take the proper steps to determine the fitness of at-risk relatives. If a person is found unable to take care of living and financial arrangements properly, Mark can help relatives petition the court to appoint an objective third party to manage those affairs.
Mark Boykin manages conservatorships for California residents. This relieves clients of the heavy burden of taking care of another. It also reassures the elderly or challenged adult that their resources are being properly handled.
FREE CONSULTATION
During your free initial consultation, Mark Boykin can quickly identify issues and determine the best possible course of action for you and your family members.
Call the Law Office of Mark Boykin at 818 883-0871 or email him at mhb@markhboykin.com to arrange for your free initial consultation at his Woodland Hills, CA office. Mark will respond to you personally.
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