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Estate Planning Lawyers in Napa County, California

Searching for a estate planning attorney in Napa County? Counsel for wills, trusts, and probate: the paperwork that outlives you, done right. This page indexes the county's estate planning coverage from the State Bar of California's official roll, with identity-verification markers where available.

A North Bay county whose economy centers on the Napa Valley wine industry and its hospitality sector; the superior court sits in the city of Napa, and wildfire-related insurance and property matters have recurred on its docket. The court of record is the Superior Court of California, County of Napa · counsel who appear there regularly read the local calendar better than any brochure.

Deadlines shape these cases before merits do · 120 days to contest a trust after the trustee's statutory notice (Cal. Prob. Code § 16061.8). A trustee's notification under Prob. Code § 16061.7 starts a 120-day contest window. Creditor claims in probate are generally barred one year after death (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 366.2).

This page is the Napa County chapter of the registry's statewide record · Estate Planning Attorneys in California collects all 58 counties.

The clock & the court

Statute of limitations

120 days to contest a trust after the trustee's statutory notice.

Cal. Prob. Code § 16061.8

A trustee's notification under Prob. Code § 16061.7 starts a 120-day contest window. Creditor claims in probate are generally barred one year after death (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 366.2).

Court of record

Superior Court of California, County of Napa.

County seat: Napa

Main courthouse: Historic Courthouse, 825 Brown Street, Napa, CA 94559

Help with forms without a lawyer: the court's self-help center (source: The court's official website, read 2026-09-27).

Official court information, locations, and filing rules: www.napa.courts.ca.gov

Estate Planning · Napa County roster

66 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list estate planning among their practice areas with an address of record in Napa County.

64 of them hold an active licence; the remainder are recorded as inactive and are not currently eligible to practise.

The roster concentrates in Napa (58), Saint Helena (5) and Calistoga (3).

15 hold a State Bar Certified Legal Specialist designation, a certification issued by the State Bar's Board of Legal Specialization, and not a rating or a ranking.

Admission years on this roster run from 1967 to 2025.

The employers most represented here are GVM Law, LLP (4), Day, Pace, York & York, Inc. (3) and Gaw Estate Planning (3).

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Estate Planning matters in Napa County

The matters this field covers, as Californians search for them. Each attorney's own profile states which of these they take.

  • wills and living trusts
  • probate administration
  • trust administration
  • will and trust contests
  • powers of attorney and health care directives
  • conservatorships
  • estate tax planning
  • special needs trusts
  • small estate procedures
  • trustee and executor disputes

From the answer files

How much do probate attorneys charge in California?Cal. Prob. Code § 10810When can a California estate skip probate?Cal. Prob. Code § 13100How long do I have to contest a trust in California?Cal. Prob. Code § 16061.8

Related counsel in Napa County

Elder Law Attorneys in Napa CountyCal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 15657.7Tax Attorneys in Napa County26 U.S.C. § 6501Real Estate Attorneys in Napa CountyCal. Code Civ. Proc. § 338(b)All practice areas in Napa CountyCounty record

Estate Planning in nearby counties

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Source: Cal. Prob. Code § 16061.8 · State Bar of California licensee records · Checked: · Maintained by the California Attorney Registry from official State Bar of California records. Legal information, not legal advice.

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