At our office, we provide our clients with PERSONALIZED estate planning and asset protection services. We know that your family, friends, and assets are important to you. We can help you with a wide range of estate planning and legal needs, as well as life, health, disability and LTC insurance.
Get answers about estate plans, the benefits of a living trust, important estate planning solutions, problems of failing to create a will or trust, and more.I'm in the legal paperwork business and I have to give Kris highest marks for thoroughness, thoughtfulness, and most importantly kindness. She has clearly put a tremendous amount of effort into constructing a complete estate planning package.
Get answers about estate plans, the benefits of a living trust, important estate planning solutions, problems of failing to create a will or trust, and more.I'm in the legal paperwork business and I have to give Kris highest marks for thoroughness, thoughtfulness, and most importantly kindness. She has clearly put a tremendous amount of effort into constructing a complete estate planning package.
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Kris Paden is a graduate of the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law where she graduated in the top 10% of her class and published a law review article. Welcome to the web site of Kris Paden, Esq., estate planning attorney. At our office, we provide our clients with PERSONALIZED estate planning and asset protection services.
The answer to this question varies according to each individual's needs. However, a basic estate plan will include a will, a revocable living trust (if necessary), a durable general power of attorney for financial/property matters, and an advance health care directive. See below for a brief description of the benefits of these vital estate planning documents.
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Tammy Merritt
Mar 06, 2021
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Suzanne Gutierrez-Hedges
Feb 16, 2021
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Kris wrote up our Will, POA and Trust in 2008. Our situation was a little different as we are a blended family. Kris was extremely knowledgable on our situation and how to best handle it. Throughout the process, we had questions and she always had answers. And everything she explained to us made sense in laymen's terms. We also added another child six years after we had this done. I contacted Kris and she sent all of the paperwork with directions on how to get notarized and what to put away in safe keeping. I can't say enough good things about Kris. Wills, POAs and Trusts are so important. I wouldn
Jen D.
Nov 04, 2020
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I would not recommend Kris. We had a family trust done by her and first off she was disorganized. Lots of back and forth. Next, she's not digitally savvy at all. Nothing she prepared for us was in digital format. She hands over a huge stack of printed papers and when I asked about a digital version she tells me to scan every page. Lastly, we had a significant amount of back on forth on the billing with her taking an extremely nasty and vindictive tone. After more back and forth and nasty, nasty messages from her, turns out her billing was proven to be incorrect. I wouldn't wish for anyone
Jj P.
Nov 02, 2020
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Teri S.
Sep 16, 2019
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Kris made our experience easy. Putting together our wills, trusts, durable power, etc was a daunting thought. We had many amendments and wasn't sure which documents we needed or which could be thrown away. Kris organized everything in one binder. Totally organized!! And at a surprisingly affordable price!
Thanks Kris!
Teri
Thanks Kris!
Teri
Cherilyn J.
Aug 21, 2019
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Louie M.
Aug 08, 2019
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Kris did our estate planning, trust set-up, and will. She was recommended to us by TWO different friends, who didn't even know each other! Her fee was very competitive. And my father, who is a lawyer in a different state, and has worked on several estate plans, looked over all of our documents, and he had nothing to add.
Kris was always pleasant and gracious, and she explained everything extremely well. We were very happy with our estate planning process.
Kris was always pleasant and gracious, and she explained everything extremely well. We were very happy with our estate planning process.
Cindy L.
Jul 10, 2019
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T. B.
Apr 28, 2017
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I'm in the legal paperwork business and I have to give Kris highest marks for thoroughness, thoughtfulness, and most importantly kindness. She has clearly put a tremendous amount of effort into constructing a complete estate planning package. She started with a thorough interview to understand my situation, intentions, and concerns. She then drafted a complete set of documents for me to review including revocable living trust, advance health care directive, durable power of attorney, pour-over-will, and even memorial instructions. She sent them to me with time to review and reply with
Chris M.
Dec 29, 2015
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X. Z.
Dec 10, 2015
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Kris Paden is the most reliable, trustworthy, TRUTHFUL estate planning attorney the world could know. She definitely knows how to get the job done. It's to your benefit...and the benefit of your family that you get your wills/trusts through her. I'm sooo happy to have been referred to her and couldn't thank her more...for helping us secure the things that are the most difficult. Thank you!
Harrison R.
Oct 27, 2015
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I have been a financial planner and owner of a fee based asset management company for more than twenty years. Through the relationships I build with my clients, I have probably worked with over one hundred estate-planning attorneys. Kris Paden is undoubtedly one of the best estate attorneys I have had the pleasure of working with and I confidently refer clients to her without hesitation. She has a firm grasp on current laws, stays current with the ever changing laws specific to estate planning, listens to her clients to understand their goals and concerns, then provides outstanding advice, service
David R.
Aug 11, 2015
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Kris is not here to help you but to make money. She is pushy and has poor people skills. She prepared a will for me that looked like boiler plate and had many errors--typos, misspellings, grammatical errors. She never took the time to find out what I wanted, and then she wanted to charge extra to make the corrections. She was doing this no charge as a trade out. But then she sent an email out of the blue demanding payment and threatening collection if I didn't pay--not a very friendly way to ask for money, especially as a first request. I told her that I never agreed to any charges since it
Josh N.
Dec 12, 2014
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Kris is a great. I have referred multiple clients to her. She has also prepared my mother's estate plan including will, revocable living trust and healthcare directive.She is patient, thorough, takes time to explain things and provides information about estate planning that everyone should learn to help protect themselves and loved ones.
