The Law Office of Kelly Ghilardi Jette concentrates on wills, trusts, ancillary estate planning documents, probate, and the administration of trusts upon incapacitation and death.
It is our mission to develop long standing relationships with clients through extraordinary service that lasts from creating an estate plan through the distribution of your estate.
Who Needs Estate Planning? Traditionally many people believe estate planning benefits only the extremely wealthy. This is a common misconception. In California estates with a gross value of $100,000 or more will go through a process called probate. Probate is supervised by the probate court. If you do not have a trust the court will determine the distribution of your assets in accordance to your will. Without a will the court will distribute your assets pursuant to California probate code.
Why avoid probate?
Probate takes time. Probate proceedings can take over a year to complete.
Probate is expensive. Attorney’s fees for probate are set by law and begin at 4.00% of the gross value of the estate
Probate is public record. The court will appoint a probate referee to place a fair market value on the estate’s assets. Once this is complete the information is filed with the court and anyone can review and make copies of this information.
The Choice is Yours!
Conserve your estate and pass it on to your beneficiaries, or
Have your estate go through expensive probate and possibly pay excessive estate taxes!
We offer a complementary one-hour consultation to assess your estate planning needs or to review your current estate plan. Contact us today to schedule an appointment.
LAW OFFICE OF KELLY GHILARDI JETTE 504 W. Mission Avenue, Ste. 104 Escondido, CA 92025 P: 760-489-6055 F: 760-489-8827 info@jettelaw.com