Estate Planning & Probate Attorney in Costa Mesa, CA
Costa Mesa is our next-door neighbor, and The Soto Law Group works with families across the city, from Mesa Verde and College Park to the Eastside and the blocks around South Coast Plaza. Whether you want a trust that keeps your house out of probate, need help settling a parent’s estate or are worried about a relative who can no longer manage alone, we handle both the planning and the court work.
We’re based at 4041 MacArthur Boulevard in Newport Beach, by John Wayne Airport, within a short drive of most Costa Mesa neighborhoods. Costa Mesa is also where the county’s probate court currently sits, at the Costa Mesa Justice Complex, 3390 Harbor Boulevard, so a Costa Mesa family’s probate, trust or conservatorship case is heard in its own city.
Our Costa Mesa Practice Areas
- Estate Planning in Costa Mesa: a living trust, a will and the documents that let someone act for you, for homeowners, parents and business owners.
- Probate in Costa Mesa: help for executors and administrators settling an estate through the Orange County Superior Court.
- Trust Administration in Costa Mesa: support for successor trustees handling notices, property, taxes and distributions.
- Conservatorships in Costa Mesa: guidance when an adult loved one may need a court-appointed conservator, and advice on alternatives.
- Will & Trust Disputes in Costa Mesa: representation in contests and other disagreements over wills, trusts and the people who manage them.
- Inheritance Rights in Costa Mesa: representation for beneficiaries and heirs who are owed information, an accounting or the share they were left.
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Why Costa Mesa Families Choose The Soto Law Group
- Help close to home. We’re neighbors, and we handle matters before the probate court that currently sits on Harbor Boulevard.
- Direct access to your attorney. Romelia “DeDe” Soto brings more than 20 years of legal experience to each matter, working alongside Of Counsel Thomas Roll and Associate Attorney Jessica Munoz.
- Plans drafted by people who also settle them. Because we administer trusts and estates after a death, we draft each document with an eye on how it will actually be used.
- Plain answers. We explain your options without jargon and tell you what to expect at each stage, from the first meeting to the last filing.
When the Probate Court Is in Your Own City
Having the county’s probate court currently located in town is convenient: hearings are close to home, and so is our office. It doesn’t make probate any faster or less expensive, though. A Costa Mesa house left outside a trust still goes through the same petitions, notices, waiting periods and statutory fees as any other Orange County estate. For families settling an estate, we prepare filings to the court’s requirements, follow up on any issues it raises before a hearing and appear for our clients. For families planning ahead, a funded living trust can keep a home in Mesa Verde, College Park or the Eastside out of that courthouse altogether; our Costa Mesa estate planning page explains how.
Directions to Our Office From Costa Mesa
Most Costa Mesa neighborhoods are a short drive from our office by the I-405 or the 73.
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Contact Our Office
Call (949) 945-0059 or contact us online to arrange a meeting about your own plan or a loved one’s estate.