LGBTQIA + Estate Planning Lawyer Serving South California
Kushner Legal Corporation is proud to serve clients across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum to ensure that their specific needs are addressed in a clear and respectful manner. Estate planning for individuals in the LGBTQIA + community can be particularly important where a client’s “chosen family” is often their preferred beneficiaries. It is especially critical to ensure the no accidental intestacy arises where an estranged family members becomes entitled to an estate.
Kushner Legal has drafted estate plans ensuring that LGBTQIA+ charitable organizations are properly named as beneficiaries and in circumstances where a client’s preferred pronouns do not match the pronouns they were assigned at birth.
At Kushner Legal, every client is respected for the unique individual that they are, and we spend time getting to know our clients and ensuring that we understand each person’s unique family situation.
Some of key benefits to be considered by LGBTQIA + individuals who are considering estate planning include:
- A revocable living trust ensure that your estate will be administered privately without potential interference in a public court process by estranged relatives;
- A living trust can designate a spouse or other important person to act as trustee during death or incapacity;
- An estate plan allows for the naming of a guardian for minor children to ensure that the children are raised in an environment with shared values
- An estate plan can protect the rights of unmarried couples and ensure that unmarried partner receives their fair share of the estate
Contact Kushner Legal today to schedule a consolation for your LBGTQIA + estate planning needs.