The Law Office of Julia Perkins in La Mesa Village delivers estate planning, probate, conservatorship, and elder law services from a practice originally founded on La Mesa Boulevard in 1987, backed by an LL.M. in Taxation from the University of San Diego School of Law earned in 2010. Special needs trusts structured under California Probate Code Sections 3600-3613 preserve Medi-Cal and SSI eligibility for disabled beneficiaries, a planning tool that often intersects with in-home care coordination through agencies like Senior Helpers when the trust funds daily living assistance. The taxation credential informs trust-funding strategies that minimize estate and gift tax exposure under current IRC exemption thresholds, including generation-skipping transfer provisions and charitable remainder structures. Conservatorship petitions filed in San Diego Superior Court require capacity evaluations, and the firm coordinates neuropsychological assessments with providers such as Brain Learning Psychological Corporation to establish the evidentiary record supporting limited or full conservatorship appointments under Probate Code Section 1801. Probate administration covers full decedent estates, summary proceedings for estates under $184,500, spousal property petitions, and Heggstad motions to confirm trust-asset titling. The most complex engagements involve contested trust modifications under Probate Code Section 15403 requiring multi-party accountings, surcharge actions against former trustees, and judicial approval of non-pro-rata distributions.