Klein DeNatale Goldner Cooper Rosenlieb & Kimball LLP

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Bakersfield, Fresno Attorneys & Lawyers

Klein DeNatale Goldner Cooper Rosenlieb & Kimball LLP
4550 California Ave - 2nd floor
Bakersfield CA 93309
Tel: 661 395-1000; 877 737-5983
Fax: 661 326-0418

Estate Planning and Probate

Estate planning is a dynamic process. It involves people — your family, other individuals and in many cases charitable organizations of your choice. It also involves your assets and all the various forms of ownership and title those assets may take. We provide professional advice to ensure your estate planning objectives are met. KDG has substantial experience in estate and tax planning, probate, wills, trusts and Medi-Cal planning. We work to educate our clients and keep them abreast of the ever-changing laws as they affect estate planning. Our attorneys are committed to being accessible and responsive to clients’ day-to-day and long-term strategic needs.

Trust, Estate and Probate Litigation

KDG offers one the largest and most experienced trust and estate litigation teams in the Central Valley. We provide clients with sophisticated advice as we work to preserve clients’ assets and protect their rights through negotiation and litigation. We recognize that family disputes can be emotionally difficult, and we advocate skilled and aggressive resolution strategies wherever possible to defuse these situations. At the same time, the depth of our litigation and trial experience is a prominent component of our services to fiduciaries and beneficiaries. Our clients have benefitted from our experience in the following areas:
* Characterization of spousal property
* Conservatorship
* Defense and prosecution of breaches of fiduciary duty (e.g., asset mismanagement and trust misallocation)
* Determination of heirship
* Disputed fee requests
* Distribution and valuation disputes
* Elder abuse
* Elder financial abuse
* Estate planning and administration legal malpractice litigation
* Interpretations of wills and trusts
* Reformation of defective trusts and wills
* Removal of fiduciaries
* Trust and estate accounting disputes
* Trust revocation or reformation
* Will and trust contests (e.g., lack of capacity or undue influence)