James Legal Group

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Estate planning and juvenile dependency law converge at James Legal Group on Jackson Drive near Grossmont Center in La Mesa California, where attorney Kelley Anne James holds California State Bar #239120. The firm drafts revocable living trusts, pour-over wills, advance healthcare directives, and powers of attorney, with trust-funding strategies coordinated alongside wealth advisors such as McLenachen Financial, Inc. Special needs trusts preserve Supplemental Security Income and Medi-Cal eligibility for beneficiaries with disabilities, structuring distributions that do not disqualify means-tested public benefits. The dependency division represents parents, relative caregivers, and de facto parents in San Diego County Juvenile Court proceedings under Welfare & Institutions Code Section 300, including guardianship and reunification cases requiring coordination with in-home care providers such as Senior Helpers. The firm's most intricate estate plans layer irrevocable life insurance trusts, charitable remainder trusts, and generation-skipping transfer provisions to minimize federal estate tax exposure on high-net-worth portfolios.