Probate and Trust Administration

• Estate tax uncertainty complicates trust administration
• Probate lawyers don't get to invest probate funds
• Joe Jackson can't contest appointment of executors
• A will is not a trust and trust is not a will
• DJ AM dies without a will

Will Contests and Trust Litigation

• Dad's dumb move prevents son from inheriting
• When you don't get your inheritance do something about it NOW!
• The right way to sue a probate estate
• Take a tip from Katherine Jackson, fire your probate attorney if it helps you
• Church battle over will may require probate court to determine testamentary intent in will

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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

Church battles parishioner over inheritance...
Posted on 8/30/2009

Heiress' inability to recognize son supports fraud charge...
Posted on 8/27/2009

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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

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Will Contests and Trust Litigation

• 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
• Trust no-contest clause not triggered by challenge to handwritten note

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Testimonials

• I learned first hand how important it is to have the right probate lawyer
• When she actually sued me in the Hemet probate court...
• Some people think any attorney who says he does probate can handle their case. That's wrong.
• As a lawyer myself, I am very thorough and detailed minded...
• You always returned my calls and/or e-mails promptly and I appreciate that.

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Probate and Trust Administration

• 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?
• My father died without a will.  Can his children just come into his home and take what they want?

Will Contests and Trust 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?

• Is there a way to pay for probate litigation or trust litigation if I can't afford to hire my own attorney?

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