Trusted estate planning and business law for Bel Air families and business owners, from a local attorney who has served Southern California since 1997.
Clear guidance without the jargon, so you always know where you stand.
Bel Air estates are among the most valuable in California, and the families who own them tend to value discretion as much as protection. Flaig Law Firm has advised California families since 1997 on plans that deliver both.
Bel Air falls under Los Angeles County Superior Court, where probate is a public record. California’s statutory probate fees are calculated on the gross value of the estate, before any mortgage is subtracted, so on a high-value home the cost of probate alone can be substantial. A funded living trust avoids it.
Donald W. Flaig handles every matter personally and confidentially, by phone, video or in person. The first consultation is free.
Where property is held matters as much as who inherits it. Homes held through an LLC, a trust, or in a spouse’s name each pass differently, and we make sure the titles and the plan agree before they are ever tested.
Every plan is drafted, reviewed and signed with the attorney directly, with the confidentiality a family in Bel Air expects.
California sets probate fees by statute on the gross value of the estate, not the equity. On a Bel Air property, that makes probate an expensive way to pass a home.
Los Angeles County probate files are public record. A properly funded trust keeps the value of the estate, and the names of those who receive it, out of that record.
Bel Air homes are often held through trusts, LLCs or other entities. We review every title and entity so the estate plan and the ownership records say the same thing.
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