Losing someone to a preventable accident is incredibly difficult for the people left behind. Dealing with the legal side of their passing is probably the last thing you want to face, but it could be an important step for your family’s future.
Filing a wrongful death claim helps make sure you and your loved ones receive the support you’re entitled to after your loss. Contact Avant Law Corporation to schedule a free consultation with a Buena Park personal injury lawyer.
Choose Avant Law Corporation For Your Buena Park Wrongful Death Claim
The aftermath of a wrongful death often involves emotional, financial, and legal challenges. Avant Law Corporation is committed to providing effective, compassionate representation when families need it most. Here’s why we’re a good choice if you need to file this type of claim:
- We offer confidential and free remote consultations to make getting legal advice as easy as possible.
- Our firm has delivered tens of millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts to families dealing with injuries and losses.
- Our team has guided more than 2,500 clients through the claims process in just the last five years.
When you work with us, you can start your claim with confidence, knowing we’re prepared to fight for what your family needs.
How a Buena Park Wrongful Death Attorney Can Help After You’ve Lost a Loved One
Legal claims after a wrongful death involve strict requirements, deadlines, and a lot of decisions. A caring attorney can guide survivors through each one. Here’s how:
- Attorneys pull together documents, expert opinions, and evidence from multiple sources to show fault and who owes you compensation.
- They represent you in sensitive talks with the opposition so you’re not pressured into accepting an unreasonably low settlement.
- Your lawyer helps calculate damages that you’re currently facing as well as what you’re expecting to face in the future.
By trusting an experienced lawyer with the details of the case, you protect your position and give your family time to focus on what matters most.
What Qualifies as Wrongful Death in California?
A wrongful death case in California arises when someone dies due to another party’s negligent or intentional behavior. These cases can come from situations like work accidents, defective products, reckless driving, or a failure to provide basic care.
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A cause of action for the death of a person caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another may be asserted by any of the following persons or by the decedent’s personal representative on their behalf
You can file when the death would not have happened if the liable person or company had acted with proper caution.
Who Can File a Wrongful Death Claim in California?
In California, certain people have the legal right to file a wrongful death claim when a loved one passes due to someone else’s wrongdoing.
- Surviving spouses and registered domestic partners are generally first in line to pursue a claim.
- If there is no surviving spouse or domestic partner, children usually have the right to file a claim next.
- If these family members aren’t living, those who would inherit the person’s estate under California law, like siblings or other relatives, may be able to file.
- Anyone who depended on the deceased for support, such as a stepchild, putative spouse (someone who believed they were married to the decedent), or anyone financially reliant on the person, may also be able to file.
- Minors who lived with and depended financially on the deceased for at least six months may qualify to bring a lawsuit, even if they are not directly related.
The decedent’s surviving spouse, domestic partner, children, and issue of deceased children, or, if there is no surviving issue of the decedent, the persons, including the surviving spouse or domestic partner, who would be entitled to the property of the decedent by intestate succession. If the parents of the decedent would be entitled to bring an action under this subdivision, and the parents are deceased, then the legal guardians of the decedent, if any, may bring an action under this subdivision as if they were the decedent’s parents.
(b) (1) Whether or not qualified under subdivision (a), if they were dependent on the decedent, the putative spouse, children of the putative spouse, stepchildren, parents, or the legal guardians of the decedent if the parents are deceased.
(2) As used in this subdivision, “putative spouse” means the surviving spouse of a void or voidable marriage who is found by the court to have believed in good faith that the marriage to the decedent was valid.
(c) A minor, whether or not qualified under subdivision (a) or (b), if, at the time of the decedent’s death, the minor resided for the previous 180 days in the decedent’s household and was dependent on the decedent for one-half or more of the minor’s support.
Each situation is unique, and eligibility can depend on the specific family structure and on who was financially or emotionally supported by the deceased.
Contact Avant Law Corporation To Schedule a Free Consultation With a Wrongful Death Attorney in Buena Park
Healing after a wrongful death takes time, and every family’s path is different. Legal support from our firm is designed to give you room to grieve while also looking out for your long-term needs. You never have to handle this situation on your own.
Contact us at Avant Law Corporation to schedule a free consultation with a Buena Park wrongful death lawyer.