Wills & Trusts

Campbell, California Estate Planning Attorney

Wills and Trusts | Powers of Attorney | Health Care Directives

Proper estate planning transfers wealth to your heirs, provides for the care of children, guides loved ones' decisions, and prepares for serious illness or incapacity. The Law Office of Janet M. Miller assists clients in the Silicon Valley, South Bay, and throughout Santa Clara County with these necessary arrangements.

Janet Miller advises on all aspects of estate planning, with special experience in establishing provisions for adult disabled children in the event you can no longer before there to care for a son or daughter who has special needs. She offers a free half-hour phone consultation at 408-873-9944.

Wills and Trusts

Ms. Miller spends time with clients to discuss their goals and identify potential problems. She helps clients evaluate assets and identify appropriate asset protection and tax avoidance strategies. The result is a comprehensive plan that covers:

• Wills and trusts to designate who inherits your assets
• A durable power of attorney for financial management
• A living trust
• A health care directive
• Appointing a guardian for minor children

Janet Miller can explain and recommend appropriate trusts and strategies to preserve assets and accomplish your estate planning goals:

• Living trusts to manage assets while alive
• A special needs trust for individuals with special needs to enable them to continue to receive government benefits
• Medicare planning to avoid spending down the estate
• Trusts to govern how a minor child will inherit
• Succession of your family business or residence

Ms. Miller will listen carefully as you explain your situation and express your wishes and priorities. If you already have an estate plan, Janet Miller can review it to make sure that it continues to reflect your preferences, and adequately addresses any continuing family needs.

If you have an elderly or failing parent and you are concerned that his or her affairs are not yet in order, or that he or she needs protection, you can discuss the possibility of a conservatorship with Janet Miller as well.

For practical yet sophisticated advice tailored to your family's particular needs, contact wills and trusts attorney Janet Miller at 408-873-9944 for a free half-hour consultation. Ms. Miller's accounting and finance background helps her evaluate assets and minimize taxes, and she is a charter member of the Academy of Special Needs Planners.