What Is A Revocable Living Trust?

A Revocable Living Trust is a powerful legal document that allows you to manage your assets during your lifetime and ensures they are distributed smoothly and privately to your chosen heirs upon your death. It is a fundamental component of a comprehensive estate plan, offering significant advantages over a traditional will.

What a Revocable Living Trust Does:

• Avoids Probate: This is the single biggest reason to create a trust. In California, the probate process is notoriously long, expensive, and public. A trust allows your assets to be transferred to your beneficiaries directly, bypassing the court system entirely. This saves your family tens of thousands of dollars in fees and months or even years of legal delays.
• Provides for Incapacity: If you ever become physically or mentally incapacitated, the trust allows a person you designate (your successor trustee) to immediately step in and manage your financial affairs without court intervention.
• Maintains Privacy: Unlike a will, which becomes a public record in probate court, a trust is a private document. This protects your family's personal financial information from public view.
• Offers Flexibility: As a "revocable" trust, you have complete control. You can change, amend, or even revoke the entire document at any time as your life circumstances or wishes change.

While online services offer cheap templates, they cannot provide the personalized guidance and legal expertise required to ensure your trust is valid and effective. Our firm is the ideal choice for creating your Living Trust because we offer the perfect balance of professional legal service and affordability.

• Attorney-Prepared, Not a Template: Our flat-fee package is not a fill-in-the-blank form. It is a comprehensive legal document prepared and reviewed by Alan Lawrence Cohen, Esq., an attorney with over 30 years of experience. This ensures your trust is custom-tailored to your unique family and financial situation.
• Flat-Fee Transparency: We believe in honest, transparent pricing. Our flat fee of $1,895 covers everything you need to create a complete and effective trust, with no hidden costs or hourly billing.
• Unparalleled Service and Accessibility: We serve the entire state of California and offer unlimited consultations with an attorney. You can get your questions answered and feel completely confident in your estate plan without ever needing to leave your home. Or you can relax in our beautiful offices in the city of Burbank, and have all your questions answered in person.
• Comprehensive Package: Our package includes all the necessary documents—the Living Trust, Pour-Over Will(s), Power of Attorney, and Advance Health Care Directive—giving you a complete and robust plan to protect yourself and your loved ones.

At the Law Offices of Alan Lawrence Cohen, we've designed a better way to prepare your Living Trust. ​Unlike many law firms that often charge by the hour, leading to unpredictable ​and often exhorbitant ​costs, our firm offers a transparent ​flat fee of just $1,895. ​This fixed price covers everything you need, from comprehensive document preparation ​by an experienced attorney to unlimited consultations, ensuring you are fully informed and confident in your estate plan. ​We cut through the complexity and high costs, providing you with a professionally prepared Living Trust that is both affordable and perfectly suited to your needs.