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Home » Estate Planning » Sit Front-Row with Attorney Collins: The 60-Minute Trust Plan That Keeps Probate, Prop 19 & “Big Beautiful Bill” From Gutting Your Legacy (Nov 1)

Sit Front-Row with Attorney Collins: The 60-Minute Trust Plan That Keeps Probate, Prop 19 & “Big Beautiful Bill” From Gutting Your Legacy (Nov 1)

October 24, 2025Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Estate Planning

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Imagine you have a clear, calm playbook for the worst day of the year—the day your family needs your plan to work. That’s exactly what the November 1 seminar with Attorney Collins delivers: the priceless, real-world insight that turns “we meant to get to it” into protection that actually holds.

Reserve your seat: https://collinslawgroup.com/webinar/in-person-seminar-wills-living-trusts-asset-protection-november-2025-2/

1) The Probate Reality Check—And the Fast Exit Ramp

You’ll see, in plain English, what probate really is: slow, public, and expensive—fees based on the gross value of your home, not your equity; court supervision over routine tasks; months of waiting while bills pile up; public filings that spotlight your assets to anyone who looks. Then you’ll learn the opposite path: how a properly funded living trust lets your successor trustee act immediately—pay bills, manage/sell property, and protect beneficiaries without a year-long court case.
Result you’ll take home: a checklist to move assets into your trust (title, deeds, accounts) so the plan you build actually works when it’s needed.

Save your spot for Nov 1: https://collinslawgroup.com/webinar/in-person-seminar-wills-living-trusts-asset-protection-november-2025-2/

2) “Anti-Trump” Your Trust—Design That Survives D.C. Whiplash

Headlines shift. Exemptions sunset. Congress changes its mind. In the seminar, you’ll learn how to “anti-Trump” your trust—not left or right, but future-proof: build flexibility so your plan wins under multiple federal tax futures, including the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” context. You’ll see how to time gifts, use trust structures that adapt, and avoid relying on any single political promise.
Result you’ll take home: a strategy map for gifts and legacy transfers that still make sense if tax rules tighten, loosen, or boomerang—no guesswork, no gambling with your family.

3) Prop 19—How to Keep Your Kids From Getting Tax-Shocked

Attorney Collins will show you how California Prop 19 can quietly reassess the family home and explode annual property taxes if you don’t structure things correctly. You’ll learn the primary-residence rules, the one-year timeline, and the titling/trust choices that either preserve or forfeit tax advantages.
Result you’ll take home: a Prop-19-smart blueprint to pass the family home without accidentally handing your kids a tax bill that forces a sale.

Join us Nov 1 (free): https://collinslawgroup.com/webinar/in-person-seminar-wills-living-trusts-asset-protection-november-2025-2/

4) Protecting Children From Life’s Messy Middle

This isn’t just about dollars. It’s about people you love making decisions under stress. You’ll learn how to stage distributions (so support doesn’t become dependency), add spendthrift and substance-abuse clauses, protect inheritances from divorces and creditors, and keep siblings aligned with letter-of-instructions that surface at 2 a.m.—not buried in a banker’s box.
Result you’ll take home: clauses and options that protect character and dignity, not just account balances.

5) Avoiding the Conservatorship Detour

One missing document can force your family into court for a conservatorship just to pay bills or talk to doctors. In one session, you’ll see how powers of attorney, HIPAA releases, and advance health directives bolt to your trust so your family never has to ask a judge for permission to care for you.
Result you’ll take home: a plug-and-play incapacity toolkit—signed, synchronized, and ready before there’s a crisis.

Reserve now (limited seats): https://collinslawgroup.com/webinar/in-person-seminar-wills-living-trusts-asset-protection-november-2025-2/

6) Medi-Cal & Long-Term Care—Keeping the House Off the Auction Block

Care costs can bulldoze savings. You’ll learn practical ways to position assets and document intent so you can qualify for benefits without sacrificing everything—and how to avoid estate-recovery claims that target probated assets. Translation: keep the home out of probate, and you keep recovery at the curb.

7) Funding: The Step Everyone Skips—And Why It Breaks Plans

Attorney Collins will hand you a funding checklist—the step-by-step of retitling real estate, updating account ownership/beneficiaries, and capturing digital assets (logins, 2FA, cloud vaults) so your trustee can actually access what they need. A beautifully drafted trust that isn’t funded is a museum piece. You’ll leave with a plan that is operational.

8) Cybersecurity—Because a Plan That Isn’t Protected Can’t Protect You

Your trust, directives, account map, and IDs are a gold mine for attackers. You’ll see which protections Collins Law Group bakes into daily practice—MFA everywhere, encryption, offline backups, verified wire protocols—so your plan stays both private and available when it counts.
Result you’ll take home: a quick-hit security checklist for your own household and a standard you should demand from any professional holding your documents.

Lock in your seat for Nov 1: https://collinslawgroup.com/webinar/in-person-seminar-wills-living-trusts-asset-protection-november-2025-2/

The Before/After No One Forgets

Before (no trust): bank accounts frozen; court petitions and public filings; 9–18 months of delays; fees on gross home value; Prop-19 reassessment landmines; potential Medi-Cal recovery; sibling tension with no clear instructions; a judge deciding who gets the keys if you’re incapacitated.

After (funded trust): your hand-picked trustee steps in immediately; private administration; assets protected and distributed by design; Prop-19-aware choices; incapacity covered without court; a process your family can follow on the hardest day.

One hour with Attorney Collins gives you the clarity people usually only get after something goes wrong. Get it before.

See you November 1—bring your questions, leave with a plan.
RSVP: https://collinslawgroup.com/webinar/in-person-seminar-wills-living-trusts-asset-protection-november-2025-2/

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Attorney Caprice L. Collins is a top rated Harvard Law School graduate. She has 34 years of legal experience with a successful law practice devoted exclusively to Estate/Business Planning and Trust Administration. Attorney Collins is a well-respected keynote speaker on Wills, Living Trusts, Estate Planning, Business Planning and Trust Administration. She has appeared on California’s Real Estate Radio Station KTLK AM 1150 as a legal expert on Estate Planning and Living Trusts among many other notable media appearances Read More!
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