Usually a will or trust describes the types of distribution for inheritance: “per stirpes,” “per capita by generation,” and “by right of representation.”
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Certain beneficiaries may be ineligible to receive estate assets under California probate law. View here for more from a San Diego trust litigation attorney.
As part of the estate planning process, you or a loved one may have chosen to include a no-contest clause in the will or living trust.
Should I Serve as the Executor? Has your loved one died in California with a will?...
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Should I Serve as Administrator of the Estate? Has your loved one died in California without...
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The trustee of a trust has a fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of the estate and beneficiaries. As a result, the trust cannot intentionally harm the estate or the beneficiaries. Clearly, if the trustee is stealing from the estate, he or she is breaching fiduciary duty.
If a deceased beneficiary of an estate has a spouse, he or she may not be entitled to the decedent’s inheritance. It is important to understand the laws.
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San Diego trust lawyers at Grossman Law reveal a powerful tool trustees can use to cut back and eventually halt creditor’s claims against the trust.
Attorney Scott Grossman discusses the two local rules in San Diego that affect two different types of petitions that can be filed in the probate court.