Top 5 Reasons to Update Your Estate Plan Today

By W. Bailey Smith 1. ARE YOU LEAVING YOUR ASSETS TO YOUR CHILDREN UNPROTECTED, OUTRIGHT, AND FREE OF TRUST? Leaving assets to children is not the same thing as leaving “protected” assets to them. Only you can protect your assets passing... Read more

National Estate Planning Awareness Week: October 18-24, 2021: Don’t Wait, Start Today and Build Your Legacy’s Game Plan

National Estate Planning Awareness Week (October 18-24, 2021) is a public campaign designed to help people understand why an estate plan is essential to financial wellness for you and your loved ones. Estate planning is an often-overlooked element of financial... Read more

Los Angeles Business Journal Names TLD Law Partner Jennifer Sawday in “Leaders In Law” 2021

LONG BEACH, CA - TLD Law Trust and Estates attorney Jennifer Sawday has been nominated by the Los Angeles Business Journal as a 2021 Leader in Law. The LABJ recognizes top legal leaders and their accomplishments within their organizations and communities. Ms.... Read more

NFTs and The Importance of Proper Estate Planning

By: Megan A. Moghtaderi, Esq. No, it is not a “New Funding Technique” but it is something you need to know for your estate plan. Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) are a type of digital asset. NFTs are held in a digital... Read more

How Does A Trustee Administer & Distribute The Assets Placed In A Trust?

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Simple Planning Tools You Can Easily Implement BEFORE Incapacity, Accident, Or Illness

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Avoid The Hassle Of The California Court System With Simple & Proper Planning

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What Should an Estate Plan Include?

Every estate plan should include at least four things: Health Care Directive– No one will argue that it’s difficult to think of getting older and needing someone else to make health care decisions for them, but the worst thing to... Read more

TLD Law Welcomes Taxation, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Specialist Douglas D. Cicione as Of Counsel

IRVINE, Calif., January 7, 2021 – TLD Law is excited to announce that Douglas D. Cicione, Esq. of Douglas D. Cicione, APC, based in Newport Beach, CA has joined the firm as Of Counsel. Cicione brings to TLD Law over... Read more

2021 Estate Planning Checklist

2021 is here so it's time to do a mental refresher of your estate plan to see if your estate plan needs to be updated. Do you have new family members? Does your will name appropriate guardians for minor children?Do... Read more