My father was in poor health a few months ago and we often talked about a living will/trust and or estate plan, but never actually set something up. My dad has a considerable estate(roughly 4M) that needed a plan so we met with a few estate planners and attorneys. We settled on a firm in Santa Monica called Strategic. They are tax and estate lawyers and helped us with a valuation of my dad's estate, as well as develop strategies to set up the legal instruments. It is all on paper, and this comes as a GREAT relief to us. The attorney handling our case, Mouris Behboud, worked in the Estate division of the IRS and is most capable. He's your man for any tax or estate issue.
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