Estate Planning & Probate Attorney in Laguna Beach, CA
If you own a home in Laguna Beach, it is probably more than an address. It might be a cottage a few blocks from Main Beach, a house with a view from Top of the World, or a South Laguna place where the whole family gathers each summer. The Soto Law Group helps Laguna Beach homeowners plan for that property and the people who share it, and we see families through probate or trust administration after a death in the family.
Our office is at 4041 MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 200, in Newport Beach, up the coast from Laguna Beach and close to John Wayne Airport. Laguna Beach sits within Orange County, so any probate, trust or conservatorship case is decided by the Orange County Superior Court. Those matters currently go to the Costa Mesa Justice Complex, where we handle filings and hearings for Laguna Beach clients.
Our Laguna Beach Practice Areas
- Estate Planning in Laguna Beach: living trusts, wills, powers of attorney and plans for vacation homes and art.
- Probate in Laguna Beach: support for executors and administrators settling an estate in the Orange County Superior Court.
- Trust Administration in Laguna Beach: help for successor trustees, from the first required notices to the final distribution.
- Conservatorships in Laguna Beach: court-supervised authority to step in when a loved one can’t handle their own health care or money.
- Will & Trust Disputes in Laguna Beach: representation when a will, a trust or an executor or trustee is being challenged.
- Inheritance Rights in Laguna Beach: advocacy for beneficiaries and heirs owed notice, information or their rightful share.
Why Laguna Beach Families Choose The Soto Law Group
- Direct access to your attorney. Romelia “DeDe” Soto brings more than 20 years of legal experience and handles each matter personally, alongside Of Counsel attorney Thomas Roll and Associate Attorney Jessica Munoz.
- One team, start to finish. We write estate plans and also carry them out, so we draft with a clear sense of what trustees and executors will need.
- At home in the Orange County court. We prepare the petitions, track the deadlines and appear at the hearings, so your family isn’t left to work out the probate system alone.
- Plain answers. We explain your options in everyday language and stay in touch until your matter is resolved.
Keeping a Laguna Beach Home in the Family
When a family has a vacation home or a long-held house in Laguna Beach, the question is often not just who inherits it, but how. A home left in the owner’s own name, outside a funded trust, may need probate before anyone can use, rent or sell it, even if the owner lived in another state. We help owners place the home in a properly funded trust, set rules for shared use, costs and buyouts, and prepare for the property tax changes a transfer to children can bring.
If you collect art, perhaps pieces found at the Festival of Arts, your plan can also say who receives each one and how the collection is valued.
Directions to Our Office From Laguna Beach
From Laguna Beach, take Pacific Coast Highway north to MacArthur Boulevard, or Laguna Canyon Road inland to the 73, to reach our office near John Wayne Airport.
Other Areas We Serve
Talk With Our Team About Your Plans
Planning ahead, settling an estate or worried about a loved one’s trust? Call (949) 945-0059 or contact us online, and we’ll talk through where things stand.