Estate planning · Probate · Elder law · Los Angeles County
When the parent tree comes down, the ring around it keeps growing.
A Beverly Hills practice for ordinary Los Angeles homeowners. Flat fees published on this site, consultations with the attorney rather than an intake screen, and a straight answer about whether you need what we sell.
Delia Vasquez-Hart · Founding attorney
Will my kids have to go through probate?
Only if the house is still in your own name when you die. California charges probate fees on the gross value, before the mortgage. That is the whole reason trusts exist here.
Read the answer →What does this actually cost?
$2,900 for an individual trust, $3,600 for a couple, $1,200 for a will package. Published, and quoted on the first call rather than the second meeting.
Read the answer →Do I even need a trust?
Sometimes not. If you rent and everything passes by beneficiary designation, a trust solves a problem you do not have. There is a page that says so.
Read the answer →The number that decides everything
California pays probate lawyers on the gross value of your house
Not your equity. A home worth $1.2 million with $700,000 still owed on it is a $1.2 million probate. The attorney and the executor are each entitled to the statutory fee, and it is set by formula rather than negotiated.
What we handle
Nine things, all of them in Los Angeles County
Planning before, administration after, and the court work when something goes wrong. Each of these pages answers its question in the first two sentences.
Living Trusts in Beverly Hills
Keeps the house out of probate court. Flat fee, deed included, funding letter included.
Read →Wills, Powers of Attorney and Health Care Directives
A will does not avoid probate. The power of attorney is the document that does the daily work.
Read →Probate in Los Angeles County
Somebody died without a trust. Here is the process, the timeline and the statutory fee table.
Read →Trust Administration After a Death
You were named successor trustee. There is a 120-day clock and real personal liability.
Read →Medi-Cal and Long-Term Care Planning
The asset test came back January 1, 2026 at $130,000. Most articles online are wrong.
Read →Conservatorships in Los Angeles County
A court taking rights from an adult. Often a power of attorney would have prevented it.
Read →Trust and Will Disputes
Contests, trustee removal, forced accountings. Honest about what litigation costs.
Read →Prop 19 and Your Family's Property Taxes
Inherit the family home and not move in, and it reassesses to market value.
Read →What This Costs
Every fee this office charges, and the statutory schedule for probate.
Read →The attorney
Twenty-two years, and a habit of talking people out of things
Delia Vasquez-Hart has practiced estate planning, probate and trust law in Los Angeles County since 2004. She takes the consultation herself. If you do not need a trust yet, she will say so on the first call, before you have paid anything.
Read her backgroundDelia Vasquez-Hart
Founding attorney
- Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law, State Bar of California
- Admitted to the California Bar, 2004
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, Trusts and Estates Section
- Consultations by video, in the office, or at a hospital or care facility
- Every trust package includes the recorded deed and a written funding letter
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