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Estate Planning Lawyers in San Benito County, California

Every estate planning attorney and estate planning lawyer listing on this page traces back to the State Bar of California's official roll, filtered to estate planning matters arising in San Benito County. Verification describes profile identity, not quality or outcomes.

Venue matters. Estate planning cases from San Benito County are ordinarily heard at the Superior Court of California, County of San Benito. An inland Central Coast county south of Santa Clara Valley, mixing agriculture with Bay Area commuter growth around Hollister; the San Andreas Fault runs directly through the county, including Mission San Juan Bautista.

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 San Benito 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 San Benito.

County seat: Hollister

Main courthouse: Main Courthouse, 450 Fourth Street, Hollister, CA 95023

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.sanbenito.courts.ca.gov

Estate Planning · San Benito County roster

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

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

The roster concentrates in Hollister (10) and Tres Pinos (1).

Admission years on this roster run from 1976 to 2020.

The employers most represented here are Spurzem & Liem LLP (2).

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Estate Planning matters in San Benito 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

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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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