Questions families bring to the first meeting

If you own a home, have children or want a say in your medical care, yes. Most of our clients are teachers, nurses, retirees and small business owners, not the very rich.

State law decides who inherits, and a court names someone to manage the estate. It usually means probate, more time and more cost for the family.

We plan for everything you own here and tell you how your plan fits with property abroad. For a house in Mexico, for example, you may also need a will there, and we can tell you where to start.

Often. A second marriage, stepchildren or a child from an earlier relationship are exactly the cases where a written plan matters most.

Yes, most families start that way. We'll need to speak with your parents too, partly on their own, because the documents have to reflect their wishes.

Rocío Belmonte, Yolanda Arriaga and our legal assistant, Marta. Roland Vickery works in English, and one of them joins his meetings when a family needs it.

We're lawyers. A notary in the United States only witnesses signatures and can't give legal advice. We bring a notary to every signing so your documents are properly signed.

Every three to five years, and after a marriage, a divorce, a death, a move or a big change in what you own. Reviews for existing clients are short.