It's not easy to find someone to trust when the issues involved our finances and our loves ones. When those issues arise, it's important to find an attorney who is a Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law. Marlene Pappas Getchell has the right experience: more than 30 years as an attorney with her own Marin County law firm.
She has expertise in the preparation of wills and trusts, probate and trust administration, and litigation in the fields of elder abuse, trust, probate law, and personal injury. Marlene also works with people who have been sued or believe they have a right to sue in matters pertaining to finances, fiduciary accountings, trusts and estates.
She has expertise in the preparation of wills and trusts, probate and trust administration, and litigation in the fields of elder abuse, trust, probate law, and personal injury. Marlene also works with people who have been sued or believe they have a right to sue in matters pertaining to finances, fiduciary accountings, trusts and estates.
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Trust and Estate Attorney Marlene P. Getchell: the expertise to help you safeguard what you've worked so hard to gain. A living trust, also known as a revocable living trust, is a legal document that holds title or ownership to your real property and assets. When you create a living trust you transfer ownership of your assets to the living trust.
Probate is a the court-supervised proceeding used to wind up a person's legal and financial affairs after death. The purpose of probate is to provide a means by which the decedent's property can be transferred to the beneficiaries of the decedent's estate. In California probate proceedings are conducted in the Superior Court for the county in which the decedent lived.
Marlene P. Getchell has litigated many probate contests and trust cases involving substantial assets. Trust and estate litigation may take the form of a will or trust contest, fiduciary litigation, objection to accounting, removal or defense of a fiduciary, a contested conservatorship or an elder abuse action.
You're invited to contact the Law Offices of Marlene Pappas Getchell for a free introductory discussion of your probate, trust, and other estate issues. Please remember that information sent by email or by web form is not secure, and no attorney-client relationship is created by any sending or receipt of electronic communications.
Marlene P. Getchell, Attorney at Law, is licensed to practice law in the State of California. All information given by Ms. Getchell through her Internet website or through e-mail communication is not privileged or confidential, nor is it legal advice. Please consult your own attorney or tax professional before proceeding with anything mentioned on these pages or in e-mail communication.
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