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Probate and Trust Administration
- Do I really need a trust administration attorney?
- Gary Coleman's parents abandon probate case
- Estate tax uncertainty complicates trust administration
- Probate lawyers don't get to invest probate funds
- Joe Jackson can't contest appointment of executors
Will Contests and Trust Litigation
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Seniors duped into buying living trusts...
Posted on 7/25/2010
Probate rules vary greatly from state to state...
Posted on 7/5/2010
Estate tax repeal means some spouses are disinherited...
Posted on 1/2/2010
Estate taxes set to expire in 2010...
Posted on 12/19/2009
Probate lawyer under criminal investigation for taking money from estate...
Posted on 12/8/2009
Steve McNair's estate free to sell share of restaurant...
Posted on 11/24/2009
Trust mills fined over $6 million...
Posted on 11/1/2009
Katherine Jackson fires her probate attorney....
Posted on 10/23/2009
Yes, a bad father can luck into an inheritance...
Posted on 9/17/2009
Michael Jackson's estate will pay for his lavish funeral...
Posted on 9/13/2009
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Probate and Trust Administration
- Trust administration creditors claim procedure
- How to choose a San Diego, California probate attorney
- Your probate attorney should not be your conservatorship attorney
- California probate lawyers: how to choose yours - Part 1
- California probate lawyers: how to choose yours- Part 2
Will Contests and Trust Litigation
- Trustee-beneficiary relationship may extend statute of limitations
- Estate tax repeal may require surviving spouses to sue their own trusts to get their rightful share
- Trust litigation can't be won because your parent did something dumb
- Trustee's failure to provide a copy of the trust will cost the trustee
- Contingency fee agreements in California probate litigation and trust litigation cases
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- You always returned my calls and/or e-mails promptly and I appreciate that.
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Probate and Trust Administration
Should a fiduciary have an attorney in probate court?
I am regularly asked whether an executor or trustee needs an attorney to represent them in probate court. I can't imagine any other setting in which a person going to court would seriously ask whether they need a lawyer. Well, it's easy for a probate lawyer to tell you how much you need a lawyer in probate court. So don't take my word for it. Franklin County (Ohio) Probate Court Judge Eric Brown posted this on his court's website:Does a Fiduciary Need an Attorney?
Due to the complexity of the law and the legal problems that are involved in estate administration, the Court strongly recommends that all fiduciaries seek legal counsel. Good legal advice and guidance can expedite the probate process, prevent costly errors, and protect against the fiduciary being sued.
When judge tells you that you need an attorney... you need an attorney.
The Grossman Law Firm, A.P.C. are Palm Springs, California probate lawyers. We help probate estates in Riverside County, California. We appear in the Palm Springs probate court for cases from Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage, Desert Hot Springs, Cathedral City, Indian Wells, Indio, Banning and Beaumont California. We appear in the Riverside probate court for cases in the area bounded by Temecula, Corona, and Hemet, California. If you would like more information on probate and trust administration then order our free book The Insider's Guide to California Probate and Trust Administration as well as our free DVD Probate a Will or Administer a Trust After the Death of a Loved One.
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FAQs
Probate and Trust Administration
- My mother had a trust and also a joint tenancy account with my brother. Can I make him account for the money he took from the joint tenancy account?
- What is a will?
- I want to hire an attorney but my co-trustee doesn't want me to hire an attorney. What can I do?
Will Contests and Trust Litigation
- What is the difference between trust litigation and financial elder abuse litigation?
- Should I inherit my father's property if he held in joint tenancy with his second wife? There trust says I get all their property when they have both died.
- Who pays when I have to sue a trustee to give me a copy of my parent's trust?