Top probate Lawyers in Fountain Valley | 2 available

2 probate lawyers are available in Fountain Valley, california, including Phillip Lemmons and Thomas J. Stolp. These lawyers are rated between 3.2/5 to 3.6/5 and 64% provide free consultation.

Phillip Lemmon

Thomas J. Stol

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Phillip Lemmons

Firm: The Legacy Lawyers, Professional Corporation

10221 Slater Avenue , Fountain Valley , California 92708

Practice Areas: Child Custody & Visitation, Child Support, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Estate , Family , Guardianship and Conservatorship, Probate , Trusts, Wills, Probate, Probate, Probate

Trusts and Estates Litigation Attorney, Trustee Attorney, Probate Attorney, Published Author, Public Speaker, and Adjunct Professor.. Phillip Lemmons is a seasoned trust, estate and probate attorney who represents professional fiduciaries, trustees, executors, administrators, conservatees, conservators, guardians, beneficiaries and omitted heirs in all probate court-related matters. He has handled a wide range of cases from challenging the validity of multi-million dollar trusts to releasing seniors from inappropriate conservatorships. He is an extremely talented and aggressive litigator.. He received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Southern California and his Juris Doctorate from Southwestern University School of Law, where he also received an Exceptional Achievement Award in Tax Litigation. He served as a law clerk at several locations: LAPD’s Police Litigation Unit, California Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles, and the United States Attorney’s Office, Tax Litigation Division. Prior to law school, Phillip Lemmons served as a Public Safety Officer at the University of Southern California.. Drawing on his law enforcement background and extensive experience as a probate litigator, Phillip Lemmons authored a book titled: “Stealing Home, A Cons Guide To Inheritance Theft.” He has spoken at legal events on various estate planning topics. He is a member of the State Bar of California, the California Bar Association Estates and Trust Section, the Orange County Bar Association Estates and Trusts Section and the Los Angeles County Bar Association Estates and Trusts Section.

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Thomas J. Stolp

10061 Talbert Avenue 300 927 , Fountain Valley , California 92708

Practice Areas: Business ,Debtor/Creditor,Estate Planning,Family ,Probate ,Real Estate

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California probate — minor child denied family allowance despite Estate of Jameson; looking for insight on whether ruling is legally supportable | Aug 22, 2026 | Sourced from Reddit
Location: California I’m involved in a contested probate matter involving a minor child of the decedent. I was appointed Guardian ad Litem for the minor. I am not an attorney, but the probate court allowed me to appear in pro per as GAL, file pleadings, and argue the minor’s family allowance request. I have since learned there may be a separate issue about whether a non-attorney GAL can properly represent a minor in litigation without counsel, so that is now something we are also trying to sort out. The immediate issue is a family allowance under California Probate Code § 6540. Before the father’s death, the household had approximately $13,790/month in resources from both parents’ employment income plus $1,000/month rental income. When he died, his income and the rental income stopped being available to the household, which was a loss of more than 52% of the household’s pre-death resources. The child remained in the same home with substantially the same housing and maintenance expenses. She later began receiving approximately $1,693/month in Social Security survivor benefits. I recommended a $2,750/month family allowance after considering the child’s circumstances, the surviving parent’s continuing income, Social Security, the estate’s solvency, pre- and post-death household resources, and recurring expenses. I expressly did not claim that there was a mathematical formula for arriving at $2,750. The estate administrator opposed the amount and argued, among other things, that the minor’s directly attributable expenses were less than her Social Security benefit. Their calculation assigned no meaningful amount to…

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