Litherland, Kennedy & Associates Estate Planning Services
Litherland, Kennedy & Associates Services
The Litherland, Kennedy & Associates, APC, Attorneys at Law focuses on Estate and Business Planning, Living Trusts, Trust Administration, Long-Term Care & Medi-Cal Planning. We counsel clients on the unique legal issues relating to advancing age. Whenever possible, we prefer to help clients plan for the future, avoid probate, minimize taxes and solidify their legacy. We also help clients plan for possible incapacity and long-term care. We help our clients deal with issues of aging with independence and dignity. In addition to estate planning, our firm has considerable experience helping victims of elder abuse. Our firm has aggressively pursued remedies and recovered assets belonging to our elderly clients where unscrupulous individuals have taken advantage of the elderly because of diminished capacity or other impairments.
- Asset Protection
- Elder Law & Medi-Cal Services
- Estate Planning Services
- IRA & Retirement Planning
- Loss Of A Loved One
- LGBTQ Estate Planning
- Pet Planning
- Powers of Attorney
- Trust Administration
- Probate
- Special Needs Planning
- Parents With Young Children
Asset Protection
As more Americans become entrepreneurs, they discover that wise business planning is essential to their success today and their financial security tomorrow. Our law firm can help you achieve your goals, whether your business is a one-person operation or one striving for a place on the Fortune 500 list.
Elder Law & Medi-Cal Services
Elder Law involves planning for the complex health care, long-term care, and other issues facing elderly and disabled individuals and their families. Studies show that we stand a 40 percent chance of needing long-term care at least once before we die. Therefore, everyone should take into account that at some point residency in a nursing home or an assisted living facility may be needed.
Estate Planning Services
There are few things in life that can be guaranteed with any degree of certainty, but we can say with certainty that each of our lives will one day come to an end. When your life is finally over, will your loved ones have the security that they need to see them through the uncertain times that lie before them? With estate planning, you can provide them with the assurance and assistance they need to deal with the many challenges they’ll face when you are gone.
IRA & Retirement Planning
At first glance, the concept of Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA), 401(k)’s and other retirement plans seems simple enough: A structured way to save for your golden years while deferring taxes on your growing nest egg. Unfortunately, that simple idea becomes one of the most complex areas of estate planning once IRS rules are applied.
Loss Of A Loved One
Dying without an estate plan is called dying intestate. The estate will be subject to state intestacy laws and go through probate court. This means the division and distribution of the estate will be subject to a predetermined formula, usually providing half of the estate to a spouse, and the remaining half allocated in equal portions to the biological children.
LGBTQ Estate Planning
Estate planning is critical for everyone: single, married, straight and LGBT. However, for the LGBTQ community, estate planning provides protections to help guard against discrimination when people are reluctant to recognize your relationship, even if you are married.
Pet Planning
When it comes to protecting your pet, no one does it better than you do. You love them…You feed them…You make sure they have everything they need to live a happy, healthy life.
Powers of Attorney
If you become mentally or physically disabled, such that you are unable to manage your own affairs, the probate court will appoint someone to take control of all your assets and personal affairs. This process is called Living Probate and is often expensive, time-consuming, and humiliating.
Trust Administration
If your family has experienced the loss of a family member, our law firm can assist you with the legal process that occurs when a loved one passes away. Our law firm strongly believes that a wisely drafted, carefully executed estate plan is the critical component of a family’s wealth management. Our firm’s guiding principle is to provide families with quality Trust Administration and Probate services tailored to each client’s specific needs and goals.
Probate
If your family has experienced the loss of a family member, our law firm can assist you with the legal process that occurs when a loved one passes away. Our law firm strongly believes that a wisely drafted, carefully executed estate plan is the critical component of a family’s wealth management. Our firm’s guiding principle is to provide families with quality Trust Administration and Probate services tailored to each client’s specific needs and goals.
Special Needs Planning
Many Americans know the joys and challenges that come with caring for a child or adult with special needs. It is important to recognize, though, that those challenges don’t suddenly disappear when you die. Often, the support that you provide while you’re alive is not so easily replaced when you’re no longer around. That can lead to your disable heirs suffering from changes in their lifestyle. At times, they may not have certain needs met – even when they are receiving government aid.
Parents With Young Children
Parents with young children are fortunate to have a wide variety of opportunities to ensure that they’ve planned for a future that is truly bright. Proper planning can help parents to put their children on a path that leads to true happiness and success in both their personal and professional careers. Unfortunately, many families fail to properly plan for their children’s financial security, educational needs, and other concerns. Many others fail to even plan for tragedy that could devastate their minor children’s lives.
