3-23-2020

COVID-19 update: 

Jeff Bezos said it best in an open letter to his Amazon employees this past weekend: 

              "This isn't business as usual, and it's a time of great

                stress and uncertainty. It's also a moment in time

                when the work we're doing is its most critical."

Michelle and her team are still working to help you with your legal document and trust accounting needs, albeit remotely until the state's Stay-at-Home order is lifted.  With today's technology we can handle almost all of your needs via telephone, email, snail mail and electronic signing.  Documents needing to be notarized can be accomplished at your local bank or UPS store.  You should call ahead before heading down to these 'essential' businesses to confirm.  

Health Care Directives: 

Your health is the most important thing not only in times like today but always.  All persons over the age of 18 should have an Advanced Health Care Directive in place in the event of a medical emergency so you can have your wishes honored and an agent appointed.  As such, here is a link to the state's statutory form to complete free of charge:

https://oag.ca.gov/sites/all/files/agweb/pdfs/consumers/ProbateCodeAdvancedHealthCareDirectiveForm-fillable.pdf

We are available to assist you with your comprehensive estate planning needs as needed -please contact us or complete the estate planning worksheet under our forms and brochures tab and send to us at your convenience. 

Court Cases:

Most California courts are closed although we understand most employees are still reporting to work so we are continuing to electronically file most documents until told otherwise.   

You can check the court's status for Orange County here: http://www.occourts.org/media-relations/CoronaVirusUpdate.html

Los Angeles County: http://www.lacourt.org/

San Diego County: http://www.sdcourt.ca.gov/portal/page?_pageid=55,2053814&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

If you have engaged our office on a court matter we are continuously monitoring your case and will notify of you of any new hearing dates or probate notes that need to be cleared.  Most hearing dates in the next month will be postponed and judgments will be backlogged further. 

Thanks everyone -stay safe and healthy!