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Life Stages and Life Changes that Affect Your Estate Plan: Estate Planning in Los Angeles

Life stages and life changes affect your estate plan and your family's inheritance.  When there are changes in a person's life, a preexisting estate plan needs to be reviewed in light of the changes.

It is wise to have your will, trust and power of attorney reviewed when some or all of these changes have occurred:

a.  You went through a divorce.

b.  Your spouse is ill.

c.  You are ill or have a diagnosis of a chronic disease.

d.  You are about to end a business relationship, or partnership.

e.  You are thinking of retiring and need to find a successor to your business.

f.   You have a child or a grandchild who is disabled, or on Medi-Cal or has a serious medical condition.

g.  You have a child who spends too much, or has a drug or alcohol problem.

There are many other changes which require a visit to your estate planning attorney.   A review can save your estate from unintended consequences.   Call us for an effective and efficient review, if you have life a life stage change, or something in your life has changed.   Don't think that your old estate plan is enough.   Just as you review your health, you should review your estate plan.

Mina Sirkin is an expert in estate planning and estate litigation in Los Angeles County, California. With our legal offices in Woodland Hills, Glendale, and West L.A., we can help you determine what is best for your circumstances.  818.340.4479 or Email:  [email protected]

Mina N. Sirkin

Probate Specialist Attorney

Los Angeles & Woodland Hills California

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What happens to your Google Account when you die? Probate Attorney Los Angeles

What happens to your Google Account when you die?

Mina Sirkin, a Probate Attorney in Los Angeles says that Google will consider your account an inactive account, but has implemented a way for you to set up a Trusted Contact person who will be able to download parts of your account data if your account is inactive for a period of time.

Here's Google's policy on inactive accounts and what you can do to protect yourself:

"Inactive Account Manager is a way for users to share parts of their account data or notify someone if they’ve been inactive for a certain period of time. To set up Inactive Account Manager, go to www.google.com/settings and click on the setup link under Account Management.

How do we detect activity?

We look at several signals to understand whether you are still using your Google Account. These include your last sign-ins, your web history, usage of Gmail (e.g., the Gmail app on your phone) and Android check-ins.

What happens when your account gets deleted?

Deleting your Google Account will affect all products associated with that account (e.g., Blogger, AdSense, Gmail), and affect each product differently. You can review the data associated with your account on the Google Dashboard. If you use Gmail with your account, you'll no longer be able to access that email. You'll also be unable to reuse your Gmail username.

Why do I need to provide a phone number for a trusted contact?

We'll use the phone number for the sole purpose of ensuring that only the trusted contact can actually download your data. Verifying the identity using a mobile phone number prevents data access from unauthorized people who might get hold of the email we send to your trusted contact.

What will trusted contacts receive?

Contacts will only receive notification once your account has been inactive for the specified amount of time -- they will not receive any notification during setup. If you chose to only notify your contacts of your inactive account, they'll receive an email with a subject line and content that you wrote during setup. We'll add a footer to that email, explaining that you've instructed Google to send an email on your behalf after you've stopped using your account. This footer might say something like this:

John Doe ([email protected]) instructed Google to send you this mail automatically after John stopped using his account.

Sincerely,
The Google Accounts Team

If you chose to share data with your trusted contact, the email will additionally contain a list of the data you have chosen to share with them, and a link they can follow to download the data. An example of such message could be:

John Doe ([email protected]) instructed Google to send you this mail automatically after John stopped using his account.

John Doe has given you access to the following account data:

• +1s
• Blogger
• Drive
• Latitude
• Mail
• Picasa Web Albums
• YouTube

Download John's data here.

Sincerely,
The Google Accounts Team

Learn more about how you can share your data with trusted contacts."

Above was quoted from Google's support page.

Mina N. Sirkin is a Probate Attorney in Los Angeles.  She is a Certified Specialist Attorney in Trusts, Estate Planning and Probate. Tel.: 818-340-4479.  

 

Los Angeles Estate Planning Attorneys and Lawyers

Los Angeles Estate Planning Attorneys

Estate Planning and Probate Attorney, Los Angeles, CA

When our clients need legal advice regarding estate planning, probate, trust, estate, conservatorship, elder law, guardianship, and trust and probate litigation, the questions of law and fact generally turn on relative goals of the client.For example, what one client expects to receive from an estate or trust, depends as much on the emotional expectations of the client, as does the facts of the trust or estate matter. Most estate planning cases start with a general expectation or goal which stems from an emotional need. For example, the need for security is often a motivator for a spouse to bring his or her spouse to an attorney's office for estate planning. In other cases, the health concerns of an individual is the main cause for estate planning.

As estate planning attorneys, we are well experienced in the emotional and the legal aspects of estate planning. Litigation matters resolve when the underlying emotional needs of the parties is met, often through mediation.

At Sirkin & Sirkin, our estate planning lawyers and attorneys are here to help you with those goals and needs.

As a small law firm in Los Angeles, our clients have ranged in age from 30-99.   Our firm's main goal is generational satisfaction in knowing that the planning goals of our clients are easily met. With help from our Los Angeles Estate Planning Attorney, we can ease the road in any legal proceedings in your matter. We are confident that we can serve you and your family in the estate planning area.

Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills, and Estates in the Los Angeles Area

We believe that creating an estate plan, whether simple or complex, is a necessity for any person over the age of 18. Estate Planning provides a “what if” scenario both in health and in illness. Incapacity crisis can often be avoided with a proper estate plan. Our estate planning attorneys recommend that whether or not you have children, you should create an estate plan which protects your loved ones in stressful times. We offer simple and complex planning suitable for every individual.

Our Los Angeles Estate Planning lawyer with two decades of experience can help you plan and take preventative legal care in providing for your family's legal needs.

Los Angeles Areas We Serve

Our office is located in the Los Angeles area. We also serve all Los Angeles, and San Fernando Valley areas, including the following: Los Angeles, Calabasas, Woodland Hills, West Hills, Sherman Oaks, Encino, Tarzana Northridge, North Hollywood, Reseda, Van Nuys, Burbank, Glendale, West Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Century City, Beverly Hills, Pasadena, Studio City, Granada Hills, Chatsworth, Simi, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village, Simi Valley, Conejo Valley, Camarillo, Culver City, Malibu, Venice Agoura Hills, and Oak Park.

To consult with an estate planning, probate, or trust attorney, please contact us at 818-340-4479 and 800-300-9977. Our appointment secretary who assists our Los Angeles Estate Planning Attorney is available by email at [email protected].

We protect your family, loved ones, estate, and trust. Contact Sirkin and Sirkin, your Los Angeles Estate Planning Lawyers, for a consultation regarding your case.