Collins & Associates

Specialties

Estate Planning Attorney, probate attorney, Trust Administration Attorney, Nonprofit Organization Attorney, Tax Exempt Attorney, Wills, Trusts, durable power of attorneys, advance health care directive

History

Established in 1981.

Collins & Associates practices law in Santa Barbara, CA specializing in trusts and estate planning and administration and in nonprofit and tax-​exempt organizations. Our clients are located in California and beyond. Each client is unique. Our goal is to listen carefully, ascertain, define and refine the client’s goals (which change over time); identify and discuss options; help in the decision-​making process; draft documents and provide such other services agreed upon to carry out the objectives and options chosen; and customize our work to meet the client’s unique circumstances. In short, we provide customized services to meet our client’s unique needs in the areas of trusts and estates planning and administration and in nonprofit and tax exempt organizations.

We specialize in:

Estate Planning

* Wills

* Trusts (e.g., living trusts, dynasty GST trusts, insurance trusts, IRA

trusts, charitable trusts)

* Estate, Gift, Generation-​Skipping and Property Tax Planning

* Asset Protecti