Marzo es el Mes de la Historia de la Mujer — y en Los Angeles, eso importa. Tiempo estimado de lectura: ~4–5 minutos. Para muchas familias aquí, tener propiedad no es solo tener dónde vivir. Es estabilidad. Es oportunidad. Es la prueba de que alguien — muchas veces una madre o una abuela — aguantó, se sacrificó y logró lo que parecía imposible: ser dueña en Los Ángeles. Pero California no protege los sentimientos. En el Condado de Los Ángeles, la casa familiar puede salir del linaje … [Read more...] about Las mujeres construyeron esta ciudad. Tu plan debe proteger lo que ellas construyeron.
Estate Planning
Women Built This City. Your Plan Should Protect What They Built.
March is Women’s History Month and in Los Angeles, that matters. Estimated reading time: ~4–5 minutes. Because for many families here, property isn’t just a house. It’s proof. It’s stability. It’s the thing a mother or grandmother held onto when everything else tried to shake loose. It’s the “we made it” asset—often the only one—meant to lift the next generation. But California doesn’t reward sentiment. In Los Angeles County, the family home can disappear in months—not because the … [Read more...] about Women Built This City. Your Plan Should Protect What They Built.
The Week After the Funeral Is When Trust Administration Becomes Real
Read time: ~4–5 minutes. The week after a funeral does not feel like “estate planning.” It feels like fog. Someone’s shoes are still by the door.Their voicemail is still on the phone.The flowers are dying in the kitchen.People are texting, “How are you holding up?” while the family is quietly asking a different question: “What are we supposed to do now?” And in Los Angeles, that’s often the exact week a second grief shows up: the legal reality. Not just probate.Not just … [Read more...] about The Week After the Funeral Is When Trust Administration Becomes Real
Why “Just Adding a Child to the Deed” Can Destroy Your Estate Plan
“Just add your kid to the deed.”“Skip probate.”“Make it easy.” It sounds clean. It sounds modern. It sounds like the kind of hack smart people pass around at backyard parties. And it’s one of the fastest ways to turn your house into a lawsuit, a tax bomb, and a trust-administration nightmare your family will never forgive you for. Here’s the blunt truth: Adding a child to your deed is not estate planning. It’s a legal transfer.You didn’t “make it easier.” You changed ownership. … [Read more...] about Why “Just Adding a Child to the Deed” Can Destroy Your Estate Plan
Prop 19: How Families Lose the House They Planned to Keep
Read time: ~4 minutes. In Los Angeles, the family house isn’t just a house. It’s the backyard where birthdays happened.It’s the “don’t scuff the floor” hallway.It’s the mortgage your parents survived when everything was expensive and nothing was easy.It’s the one asset that can change the next generation’s trajectory. And right now, Prop 19 is the quiet reason families are losing that house—after they “did everything right.” Not because the home gets “taken.”Because the property … [Read more...] about Prop 19: How Families Lose the House They Planned to Keep
The Retirement Reset: Find Your Purpose, Protect Your Health, Strengthen Your People
Retirement doesn’t arrive like a finish line—it arrives like a blank page. For some people, that freedom feels thrilling. For others, it feels unsettling, like the calendar suddenly got too quiet. Either way, the question isn’t “What do I do now?” The better question is: “What do I want my next decade to produce?” Start with return on investment. Not financial ROI—life ROI. What do you want back for your time and attention? More meaning? More connection? More confidence? More creativity? … [Read more...] about The Retirement Reset: Find Your Purpose, Protect Your Health, Strengthen Your People
The Team Behind the Work That Protects Families – Collins Law Group Annual Holiday Outing at LACMA & the Academy Museum
Our annual Collins Law Group holiday outing was at LACMA and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures this year, and it was one of those days that reminds you what matters. There’s something special about getting the whole firm together outside the office, no phones ringing, no timelines, just camaraderie, laughter, and that shared feeling of, “This is my people.” The kind of togetherness that recharges you in the best way, and reminds you that the work we do is a team sport. Because day to … [Read more...] about The Team Behind the Work That Protects Families – Collins Law Group Annual Holiday Outing at LACMA & the Academy Museum
The New Year Move Most L.A. Families Skip (Until It’s Too Late)
Los Angeles families start January with big intentions—clean eating, clean inbox, clean slate. Then life tests the foundation. A fall. A diagnosis. A sudden hospitalization. A death that arrives without warning. In that moment, families don’t need motivation. They need authority, instructions, and a plan that works on a bad day. That’s why Collins Law Group opens the year with our In-Person Seminar: Wills, Living Trusts & Asset Protection on Wednesday, January 7, 2026 (10:00 AM–12:00 PM) … [Read more...] about The New Year Move Most L.A. Families Skip (Until It’s Too Late)
A Holiday Message for Our Clients & Neighbors: Family, Reflection & Legacy
To our clients, your families, and our neighbors here in Inglewood, Ladera Heights, Culver City, Santa Monica, Marina del Rey, and Playa del Rey and also to those we haven’t met yet, but hope to serve in the year ahead... As the year eases into winter, our corner of Los Angeles takes on a quieter kind of magic. You can feel it in the way the evenings arrive a little earlier, in the glow of neighborhood lights, in the sea air drifting in from the coast, and in the familiar rhythm of families … [Read more...] about A Holiday Message for Our Clients & Neighbors: Family, Reflection & Legacy
Early Alzheimer’s in Inglewood: How One Family Turned Fear Into a Plan to Protect Mom, the House, and the Kids
Jamal pulled up in front of his mom’s house off Manchester and watched her stand on the porch, purse on her shoulder, keys in her hand, staring at the driveway like she waited for a cue. They drove to the same church every week. That morning, as they turned onto Crenshaw, she asked for the third time, “Left or right ?” Jamal laughed the first time. By the third, he felt his chest tighten. His mother, Denise, knew these streets better than anyone. She worked thirty years as a school … [Read more...] about Early Alzheimer’s in Inglewood: How One Family Turned Fear Into a Plan to Protect Mom, the House, and the Kids
