ProbatebyMe.com is the probate division of A People’s Choice, a legal document preparation service in California that provides consumers a way to save thousands of dollars by preparing their probate and estate administration documents instead of an expensive attorney!
Our Legal Document Beginnings Started in 1980
Originally established in 1980 in an historic building in old downtown Ventura, our original name was A Paralegal Solution. Our business name evolved over the years to A People’s Choice to comply with changes to statutory regulations in B&P Code Section 6400-6401.6 and 11 USC Section 110. Although we have offered probate and other legal document services for years through our original website APeoplesChoice.com, we felt the need to have a separate website devoted to the topic of probate and estate administration. Thus, ProbatebyME.com was born.
Vision of our Founder
In 1980, Sandra McCarthy founded A People’s Choice, The company originally had a local clientele. However, as the internet grew, so did our founder’s vision to expand the company’s ability to offer low-cost legal document preparation services throughout California. When the company first started, the clientele came mainly through attorney referrals and local advertising. Over the years, however, the company expanded its web presence to offer low-cost, non-attorney legal document help and services throughout all 58 counties in California, competing with the big guys such as LegalZoom, Rocket Lawyer and others. Now our websites have over 100,000 views every month, making us one of California’s leading providers of low-cost legal document services.
Ms. McCarthy has worked exclusively in the legal field since 1976. She served as the President of CALDA (California Association of Legal Document Assistants) 2004-2005. During her career, she obtained a Paralegal Certificate from the University of California, Santa Barbara; and has also worked as a freelance paralegal, law office manager and paralegal studies teacher. She has co-authored thousands of self-help legal articles and booklets for the self-represented.
Often people have many questions about the California probate process and the steps they need to take after the death of a loved one. Although a Registered Legal Document Assistant cannot offer legal advice, our experienced probate staff is most willing to answer any procedural questions you may have. If you have questions while you are going through this decision-making process, please do not hesitate to contact our office by email or telephone.
A People’s Choice / ProbatebyME.com – an Alternative to Hiring a Probate Attorney
A People’s Choice is a legal document preparation service and registered Legal Document Assistant. Our ProbatebyMe.com and APeoplesChoice.com websites are dedicated to providing low-cost, self-help probate and estate administration legal document preparation services for California consumers. For consumers needing low-cost probate help, our streamlined website and use of technology allow us to easily offer our California probate services for California residents, out-of-state residents and even people located in other parts of the world. It does not matter where you are located, we can help you with your California probate and estate administration needs.