Shimada Estate Planning
Expert legal solutions for your Estate Planning needs
About Shimada Estate Planning
Jennifer Shimada Heimgartner is a Hawai‘i Estate Planning attorney who helps families protect assets with Wills, Trusts, powers of attorney, and advance health care directives.
Licensed in Hawai‘i since 2009, she earned a law degrees from the William S. Richardson School of Law. Raised in Honolulu and Okayama and fluent in Japanese, Jennifer gives clear, practical advice tailored to each client’s situations, finances, and values, coordinating with other professionals to preserve assets and reduce family disputes.
For compassionate, practical Estate Planning that protects assets and brings peace of mind, contact Jennifer Shimada Heimgartner.
Services
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Trusts are legal entities used to manage assets during life and after death.
Revocable Living Trusts are used to avoid probate, provide incapacity management, and maintain privacy. They are amendable or revocable during the Settlor’s life.
Learn more about Trust packages here!
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Wills are legal documents that provide instructions for the distribution of assets after one’s death.
Wills do NOT avoid probate and do not provide for you during your incapacity.
Learn more about what’s included in a Will package here
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Both Trust and Probate Administration address post-death affairs: identifying assets, paying valid debts and taxes, and distributing residue to beneficiaries.
They proceed under different legal frameworks, use different fiduciaries, and differ markedly in court involvement, cost, timing, and privacy.
Learn more about how hiring an Estate Planning attorney can ensure the process is completed properly here.
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Guardianship is a court-supervised protective proceeding in which a judge appoints a guardian to make personal and/or health care decisions for another person (the ward) who is legally unable to do so for themselves.
Conservatorship addresses the management of a person’s property and finances.
To learn more about Guardianship + Conservatorship support, click here.
Client Experiences
“Attorney Jennifer Heimgartner is kind and very knowledgeable. She explained everything about my estate planning to my level of understanding, and my anxiety about the process disappeared completely. I trust her work 100% and recommend her highly for everyone!!!”
-Nami V.
“I highly recommend Jennifer. She did a great job on our estate planning, Trust, Will, etc... for my wife and I. Jennifer is easy to work with, great listener, and answered all of our questions to help us set things up exactly as we requested.”
-John G.
Get in Touch
Give Jennifer a call at (808) 326-2228 or click on the button below to fill out the form on the CONTACT page.