Estate Planning & Probate Attorney in Riverside, CA
Whether you want a plan in place before it is needed or you are settling the estate of a parent who spent decades near Mount Rubidoux, legal work for a Riverside family follows Riverside County rules. The Soto Law Group helps households in the Wood Streets, Canyon Crest, Orangecrest, Arlington and La Sierra prepare wills and trusts, and we guide executors, trustees and heirs through probate, trust administration and the disagreements that sometimes follow a death.
We are based in Newport Beach, at 4041 MacArthur Boulevard near John Wayne Airport. Riverside families travel to meet with us there, and we handle the Riverside County filings their cases require. Because Riverside sits in Riverside County rather than Orange County, its probate, trust and conservatorship matters belong to the Riverside County Superior Court, and probate matters for the city are generally heard at the Riverside Historic Courthouse, 4050 Main Street, in downtown Riverside. The firm also has a desert office in the Coachella Valley, The Desert Soto Law Group.
Our Riverside Practice Areas
- Estate Planning in Riverside: wills, living trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives and guardian nominations.
- Probate in Riverside: guidance for executors and administrators through a Riverside County probate case.
- Trust Administration in Riverside: practical help for successor trustees with notices, property, taxes and distributions.
- Conservatorships in Riverside: support when an adult relative can no longer handle their own care or money.
- Will & Trust Disputes in Riverside: representation in contests over a will or trust and in claims against an executor or trustee.
- Inheritance Rights in Riverside: help for beneficiaries and heirs who have been kept in the dark or denied what they were left.
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Why Riverside Families Choose The Soto Law Group
- Direct work with an experienced attorney. Attorney/Owner Romelia “DeDe” Soto, who has more than 20 years of legal experience, stays personally involved in her clients’ matters and works alongside Thomas Roll, our Of Counsel attorney, and Associate Attorney Jessica Munoz. Meet our team.
- The same team plans and settles estates. We administer trusts and estates as well as draft them, so each plan is written with a clear picture of what your executor or trustee will face.
- Riverside County paperwork handled. We prepare and file what the Riverside County Superior Court requires and track its deadlines, so that burden doesn’t fall on you.
- Straight answers and steady updates. You will know where your matter stands, what happens next and what we need from you.
Planning for Property Inland and on the Coast
Some Riverside families own real estate in more than one place: the family home in Canyon Crest or the Wood Streets, perhaps a rental near UC Riverside or California Baptist University, and sometimes a condo or vacation home in Orange County. A probate case is generally opened in the county where the person lived, so a Riverside resident’s estate goes to the Riverside County Superior Court even when part of it sits near the beach. After a death, the assessor in each county where the family owns real estate needs its own Change in Ownership Statement within 150 days. A funded living trust can keep property in both counties out of probate, and careful planning also considers how Proposition 19 could change the property tax on a parent’s home that goes to a child. We look at the inland and coastal pieces together, so nothing falls between two counties.
Directions to Our Office From Riverside
The map shows the route from Riverside to our Newport Beach office on MacArthur Boulevard, near John Wayne Airport.
Other Areas We Serve
Schedule a Riverside Consultation
Whether you are planning ahead, serving as an executor or trustee, or worried about a relative’s care, call (949) 945-0059. You can also contact us online to set up a time to meet.