Julie B. Mains, ESQ. is a licensed Attorney serving Clients in Southern California. For professional legal advice, and reliable, personalized service, Mains Law Office is here to serve you. It is of the utmost importance to protect what you have earned and plan to provide for your heirs and loved ones. Appointments are available during regular business hours, evenings, and weekends, at the office, or your office or home.
Julie is a terrific resource for legal matters from business formation to trusts, asset allocation, probate, and litigation. Her experience and pragmatic approach allows her clients to understand not only the end goal but the strategy and tactics required to achieve it. If you need to establish or update your trust or are stuck in probate, I recommend sitting down with Julie to go over your options.
I have worked with Julie and she is an absolute pleasure to deal with. I have sent her clients and she has taken care of them immediately every time. She is someone who will definitely fight for her clients and help get them every penny they deserve.
Julie is a terrific resource for legal matters from business formation to trusts, asset allocation, probate, and litigation. Her experience and pragmatic approach allows her clients to understand not only the end goal but the strategy and tactics required to achieve it. If you need to establish or update your trust or are stuck in probate, I recommend sitting down with Julie to go over your options.
I have worked with Julie and she is an absolute pleasure to deal with. I have sent her clients and she has taken care of them immediately every time. She is someone who will definitely fight for her clients and help get them every penny they deserve.
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Services Offered: Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts, Advanced Health Directives, Durable Power of Attorney, Conservatorships, Probate and Trust Administration, Employment Contracts, Buy-Sell Agreements, and Securities Law.
Our primary goal is to ensure that your estate plan accurately reflects your desires and safeguards your wealth.
The process of estate planning is not a one-time transaction.
It is an ongoing relationship throughout the years as life events continue to take place.
It is important to have an effective estate plan that helps to accomplish your goals and adapts to support your lifestyle.
Our primary goal is to ensure that your estate plan accurately reflects your desires and safeguards your wealth.
The process of estate planning is not a one-time transaction.
It is an ongoing relationship throughout the years as life events continue to take place.
It is important to have an effective estate plan that helps to accomplish your goals and adapts to support your lifestyle.
Along with a general agreement about ownership and responsibilities, every business with multiple owners needs a buy-sell agreement.
It covers how and when an owner can sell shares and at what price.
The agreement should be signed before the business is started, but if you neglected to do so, do it now.
Without a buy-sell, angry partners usually end up in court, and the business usually ends up wrecked.
If you don't have one, it is incredibly difficult to negotiate when something goes wrong.
The buy-sell should specify triggers that will set the agreement in motion.
It covers how and when an owner can sell shares and at what price.
The agreement should be signed before the business is started, but if you neglected to do so, do it now.
Without a buy-sell, angry partners usually end up in court, and the business usually ends up wrecked.
If you don't have one, it is incredibly difficult to negotiate when something goes wrong.
The buy-sell should specify triggers that will set the agreement in motion.
No matter the size of your net worth, it's important to have a basic estate plan in place.
Such a plan ensures that your family and financial goals are met before and after you die.
An estate plan has several elements.
They include: A will, assignment of power of attorney, and a living will or health-care proxy (medical power of attorney).
For some people, a trust may also make sense.
When putting together a plan, you must be mindful of both federal and state laws governing estates.
3. Taking inventory of your assets is a good place to start.
Such a plan ensures that your family and financial goals are met before and after you die.
An estate plan has several elements.
They include: A will, assignment of power of attorney, and a living will or health-care proxy (medical power of attorney).
For some people, a trust may also make sense.
When putting together a plan, you must be mindful of both federal and state laws governing estates.
3. Taking inventory of your assets is a good place to start.
A will is a device that lets you tell the world whom you want to get your assets.
Die without one, and the state decides who gets what, without regard to your wishes or your heirs' needs.
So-called intestacy laws vary considerably from state to state.
In general, though, if you die and leave a spouse and kids, your assets will be split between your surviving mate and children.
If you're single with no children, then the state is likely to decide who among your blood relatives will inherit your estate.
Die without one, and the state decides who gets what, without regard to your wishes or your heirs' needs.
So-called intestacy laws vary considerably from state to state.
In general, though, if you die and leave a spouse and kids, your assets will be split between your surviving mate and children.
If you're single with no children, then the state is likely to decide who among your blood relatives will inherit your estate.
The notion of a legal trust may conjure up images of country club folks cradling gin-and-tonics.
These tools aren't just for the Rockefellers!
You want to leave your estate to your heirs in a way that is not directly and immediately payable to them upon your death.
For example, you may want to stipulate that they receive their inheritance in three parts, or upon certain conditions being met, such as graduating from college;.
You want to support your surviving spouse, but also want to ensure that the principal or remainder of your estate goes to your chosen heirs (e.g., your children from a first marriage) after your spouse dies;.
These tools aren't just for the Rockefellers!
You want to leave your estate to your heirs in a way that is not directly and immediately payable to them upon your death.
For example, you may want to stipulate that they receive their inheritance in three parts, or upon certain conditions being met, such as graduating from college;.
You want to support your surviving spouse, but also want to ensure that the principal or remainder of your estate goes to your chosen heirs (e.g., your children from a first marriage) after your spouse dies;.
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