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Trust Litigation & Probate Litigation
- “Sound Mind” in California Estate Planning
- Why Is There So Much More California Trust Litigation?
- Do You Suspect Fraud by the Executor of a California Estate?
- Is probate litigation worth pursuing?
- My trustee won't give me my inheritance
Probate and Trust Administration
- San Diego Probate Lawyers Explain Why They Don’t Take Every Case
- What a San Diego Probate Lawyer Can Do for You in California Probate
- San Diego Probate Lawyers Explain CA Creditors Claims Procedure
- Review Your Estate Plan For 2012, Says San Diego Probate Lawyer
- From San Diego Probate Lawyers: Why Deal With Trust Administration?
News
Singer Etta James Dies at 73; $1 Million Estate Possibly in Probate...
Posted on 2/4/2012
New 2012 Legislation AB 1305 Impacts California Probate...
Posted on 1/17/2012
Estate Planning and Incapacitating Chronic Illness in California...
Posted on 11/16/2011
The Search for a Missing Beneficiary of a California Probated Estate...
Posted on 11/9/2011
California Raises Limit For Small Estates Procedure to $150,000...
Posted on 11/2/2011
The Simplified Procedure to Transfer Estates in California...
Posted on 11/1/2011
What Does A California Transfer Agent Do?...
Posted on 10/24/2011
A Durable Power of Attorney Can Make All the Difference in California...
Posted on 10/14/2011
When Is the California Decedent’s Income Tax Return “Fiduciary?”...
Posted on 10/8/2011
The Abstract Nature of Intangible Personal Property...
Posted on 10/6/2011
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Trust Litigation & Probate Litigation
- Not All California Wills & Trusts Meet Everyone’s Approval
- What Is “Undue Influence” in California and How Can It Be Used?
- You Can’t Choose the Timing of Your Death, but You Choose What Happens Next
- How to win your San Diego trust litigation case when the trustee will not give you a copy of the trust
- Riverside County issues new rules for filing probate and trust litigation cases
Probate and Trust Administration
- San Diego Probate Lawyer And Executor Fees For California Probate
- No Short Cuts for Riverside Trustees, Says San Diego Probate Lawyer
- Circumstances Where California Probate Is Not Necessary
- Is California Probate Ever Necessary When There is Already a Trust?
- Finding the Right California Probate or Trust Administration Attorney
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- You always returned my calls and/or e-mails promptly and I appreciate that.
Questions About Succession? Go First to our California Probate FAQs
Planning the distribution of your California estate after your death or handling the succession of a loved one raises many questions. Start with our FAQs.Trust Litigation & Probate Litigation
- What is a no-contest clause and does California law uphold it?
- I do not have much confidence in the executor of the estate. What should I watch out for under California law?
- What do you do when the trustee will not give you a copy of the trust?
- 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?
Is there a way to pay for probate litigation or trust litigation if I can't afford to hire my own attorney?
- How do I pay the cost of probate litigation or trust litigation?
What form do I fill out to file a trust contest?
My sister and I are the co-trustees of my parents trust. I want to sell their home now that they are dead but she doesn't want to sell. What can I do?
- Where do I find the law for California will contests, probate litigation, and trust litigation?
- I'm not getting what I'm supposed to from my parents' estate. What can I do about it?
- Can I challenge the will or trust in probate court even though there is a no contest clause?
Probate and Trust Administration
How much does the trustee get paid in California trust administration?
- How do I invoke the creditors claim procedure to limit and eventually stop creditors from filing new claims against the California trust I am administrating?
- What is probate in San Diego?
How can we place our property into a California trust?
- Our car was registered under my name and my late husband's. How do I clear title now that he has passed away?
- I am about to inherit a house in California, but it comes with a mortgage loan. What should I do?
- Do we have to pay "death taxes" in California?
- A long-time California friend I took care of has passed away. How do I find out if I am a beneficiary in his will?
- How does my will remain valid if I still have many years to live?
- Under California Probate, what is community property with right of survivorship?
- Our deceased mother owned a country house. How can we find out what it is worth?
- How can I find out if my deceased mother's property is "community" or "separate?"
- I am taking care of our father's succession. How do I deal with his motor vehicles?
- What could happen if I don't leave any instructions regarding my California succession?
- What do the terms "gross estate" and "net estate" mean in California?
- What is a probate referee in California?
- How long does probate take in California?
- What assets go through probate in California?
- I intend to write a Will. Should I consult a lawyer?
- 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?
- My father died without a will. Can his children just come into his home and take what they want?
How do I choose a California probate lawyer for my case?
- Can a house in probate be saved from foreclosure?
- In California does a person's trust have to be filed with the probate court when they die?
How do I protect a California probate estate from creditors?
My husband (or wife) recently died. Do I have to do a California probate of their estate?
- Where do I look for California Probate Law?
- If I have a will, why do I still have to do a probate?
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FAQs
Trust Litigation & Probate Litigation
- What is a no-contest clause and does California law uphold it?
- I do not have much confidence in the executor of the estate. What should I watch out for under California law?
- What do you do when the trustee will not give you a copy of the trust?