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Charles W. Des Roches

3.9
20 reviews

1 Unknown, P.O. Box 2510, Salinas, CA 93902-2510

Estate Planning, Probate, Trust Administration and 45 more

About Charles W. Des Roches

Member, American Association of Individual Investors; Leadership Salinas Valley; Monterey County Elementary Law Program; Board of Directors, Legal Services for Seniors; Board of Directors, Salinas Senior Center.

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Posted by Alma
May 13, 2024
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My mother and I hired Charles Des Roches in the fall of 2019 to create a trust for my mom. He did a fantastic job with the trust. We both liked him very much. He would comment on the wonderful relationship my mom and I had. Sadly when things became complicated he failed miserably. I tried to explain the complexities of abusive nature of my family but he did not get it. When my brother insisted on becoming a co-trustee with my mother and I, he blocked that. I thought he would protect me from this crazy family member instead, he delivered my mother right into the abusers hands. Not only did I get removed as a co-trustee (brother accused me of abuse without providing evidence) my brother moved her back to Texas. Des Roches sided with my brother whom he had no interactions with. He ignored the pages and pages of vile abusive emails he sent to me and my mother. And it gets better, he convinced my mother that I did abuse her which added to her confused state of mind. My mother is 85 years ol

 
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Areas of Law

  • Trusts and Estates 4
    • Estate Planning
    • Powers of Attorney
    • Asset Protection
    • Guardianship and Conservatorship
  • Inheritance
  • Taxation 3
    • Estate and Gift Taxation
    • Property Tax
    • Tax Planning
  • Other 38
    • Probate
    • Trust Administration
    • Decedents Estates
    • Estate Administration
    • Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children
    • Estate Planning for the Disabled
    • Estate Planning for the Elderly
    • Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples
    • Estate Settlements
    • Family Trusts
    • Family Wealth Transfer
    • Fiduciary Law
    • Fiduciary Liability
    • Living Trusts
    • Personal Planning
    • Pet Trusts
    • Retirement Planning
    • Special Needs Trusts
    • Trust and Estate Collections
    • Trust Law
    • Trust Planning
    • Unclaimed Property
    • Wealth Planning
    • Wealth Preservation
    • Adult Guardianship
    • Advance Directives
    • Conservatorship
    • Guardianship
    • Guardianship Administration
    • Medicaid Planning
    • Ancillary Probate
    • Probate Administration
    • Probate Taxation
    • Federal Estate and Gift Taxation
    • Generation Skipping Tax
    • Inheritance Tax
    • Trusts and Estates Taxation
    • Transfer Tax

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    2000, California
    Memberships
    Monterey County Bar Association Board of Directors
    American Bar Association
    State Bar of California (Member, Trusts and Estates Section).
  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Monterey College of Law
    Class of 2000
    J.D.
    Legal Certifications
    Certified Specialist, Probate, Estate Planning and Trust Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization
  • Military Service
    California Army National Guard, 1976-1983
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1957
    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, July 3, 1957

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3.9
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1 UnknownP.O. Box 2510Salinas, CA 93902-2510U.S.A.

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