Your Trusted Legal Partner
We offer estate plans, limited scope representation, pro per services and mediation.
At Harmony Law, we understand the complexities of family law and estate planning. With over 25 years of experience, we are dedicated to offering compassionate legal guidance to help you navigate these important areas. Our goal is to protect your assets and provide clear solutions, ensuring peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
Though mediation and limited scope representation will frequently be our initial recommendation, there are times when nothing but full scope representation will provide you the protection you need to successfully navigate your case. We are committed to fighting for your legal rights with strength and compassion.
Estate Planning Services
Our estate planning services provide comprehensive solutions to help you protect your assets, secure your legacy, and ensure your wishes are carried out according to your intentions. We offer personalized guidance on wills, trusts, powers of attorney, probate assistance, and advanced healthcare directives to minimize liabilities and maximize benefits for your loved ones. Whether you’re looking to create a new estate plan or update an existing one, our experienced team is here to guide you through every step of the process, ensuring peace of mind and financial security for you and your family.
Estate Planning:
A successful estate plan is essential to ensure that your assets are distributed according to your wishes and ensures that your loved ones are protected. At Harmony Law our services will help you create a plan that is tailored to your unique needs and goals. Our generally recommended estate planning package includes the following five documents and costs one reasonable, flat-rate:
- Revocable Trust
- Pour-Over Will
- Durable Power of Attorney
- Advanced Healthcare Directive
- Certificate of Trust
* All Estate Planning Packages include a Deed or Assignment transferring one property asset; additional transfers of property average $200 each depending on complexity. Hourly rate may apply beyond flat fee.
Individual Estate Planning Documents:
Individual and estate planning documents are sometimes all you need. Every situation is carefully considered. At Harmony Law we prepare and customize all vital estate planning documents including:
- Wills
- Revocable Trusts
- Irrevocable Trusts
- Special Needs Trusts
Other Estate and Probate Needs:
In addition to traditional estate planning we offer a wide range of support regarding your estate and probate needs. Our areas of expertise include:
- Probate
- Trust Administration
- Trust and Estate Mediation
- Conservatorships
- Guardianships
Family Law Mediation
We offer Family Law Mediation services designed to bring you and your spouse to an amicable separation agreement without resorting to a legal court battle.
We offer uncontested divorce services and can guide you and your spouse through all filings necessary to end your divorce with care and ease.
We understand that transitioning out of a prior relationship can be incredibly complex and sometimes incredibly painful. Our compassion for your particular situation combined with our expertise in the legalities of separation, divorce, custody and support will help guide your through your family law case with as much ease as possible.
The cost of retaining an attorney to resolve contested family law matters can be staggering because:
~ family law disputes often involve a large number of legal issues; and
~ even simple matters can involve a good deal of legal documentation and/or court appearances.
To address the challenge of reducing client’s costs, Harmony Law asseses our client’s ability to represent themselves depending on several factors including the complexity of the case, the amicability of the parties, and our client’s comfort level with representing themselves. Client’s dramatically reduce their legal costs by only paying the level of guidance and representation that is necessary and appropriate.
Further cost savings to our client’s results from our orientation toward negotiated and mediated agreement between the parties. For the great majority of family law issues that arise, established legal precedents dictate the ‘legally just’ resolutions. Our evaluation of your case identifies these easily resolvable issues and provides concrete proposals that our client’s can often use to achieve simple agreements with their former spouses or their other parent
For issues that are not guided by uniform legal precedent, our staff is available to negotiate or mediate these issues with you and your former partner.
Consultations offered for Uncontested Matters, Mediated Agreements, In Pro Per Self-Representation, referrals and Limited Scope Services in the areas of:
Divorce
Legal Separation
Premarital Agreements
Child Custody and Visitation
Child Support
Spousal Support
Property Division
Transitioning Peacefully
You and your ex CAN choose to transition peacefully out of your relationship. When children are involved this choice can be crucial. A choice absolutely essential to the positive development of your child’s self-esteem. Whether you share children, complex financial investments or just time, work together with professional Attorney Mediator Tanya Ridino to peacefully transition beyond your romantic relationship.
Mediation Training: 2008 Intensive Mediation Skills Training with Gary Friedman of The Center for Mediation in the Law, 32 hours; Mediating Court Mandated General Civil Cases, Mediating Unlawful Detainer, Small Claims and Civil Harassment at court, Sponsored by the Lake/Mendocino Superior Courts’ Civil Mediation Program.
High resolution rate through use of a facilitative, understanding based, problem solving approach in high conflict personal disputes.
Limited Scope Services
Our goal is to educate and empower you to understand your legal conflict so you can successfully resolve it with greater ease and less stress. This may involve limited scope representation, or “unbundled” services such as professional legal document preparation, legal coaching, ghost writing and legal research. Our goal is to tailor services to best meet your needs and cost management.
Limited-scope representation or “unbundling legal services” is when you and a lawyer agree that the lawyer will handle some parts of your case and you will handle others. This is different from more traditional arrangements between lawyers and clients where a lawyer is hired to provide legal services on all aspects of a case, from start to finish. Unbundling has proven to be cost-effective for the client, valuable in improving access to justice and resolving legal conflict.
It’s important for you to have a good understanding of what limited scope services are before electing this option for your case. Limited scope representation is:
- Quality practice of law — You owe your clients the same duties that you would for any full-service client and that includes competence, confidentially and loyalty,
- An attorney-client relationship — The standard of care for limited scope is exactly the same for a particular task as it is for the standard of care for full service.
- Ethical
- Safe
Limited-scope representation may include drafting documents, offering procedural advice, scripting questions, doing research, assembling documents, figuring out what evidence a client needs and how to get it, coaching clients on how to attend a hearing on your own. At the opposite end of the continuum, limited-scope representation may also include your advocate at Harmony Law, Estate Planning and Mediation Services attending specific hearing or some other more formal court proceeding.
Whatever scope you choose, Harmony Estate Planning and Mediation Services is committed to helping you select with confidence and understanding.
Secure Your Peace of Mind Today
Every family deserves tailored legal guidance. Our expert consultations offer you the support you need to navigate sensitive matters effortlessly. Protect your loved ones and ensure your assets are managed according to your wishes. Let us help you make informed decisions that align with your values.
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What services do you provide?
We understand that navigating the legal landscape can be overwhelming. That’s why we’ve compiled answers to frequently asked questions. Our goal is to provide you with clear and straightforward information to ease your concerns.
How can I avoid probate court?
Our firm specializes in family law mediation and estate planning. With our wealth of experience, we prioritize your needs and provide tailored solutions for protection and security around your assets.
What is estate planning?
To avoid probate court, proper estate planning is essential. We can assist you in creating legal documents that ensure your wishes are honored while simplifying the transfer of your assets.
How do I schedule a consultation?
Scheduling a consultation is simple. Just reach out through our contact page, and we’ll coordinate a time that fits your schedule. We look forward to assisting you on your legal journey.