I want to set up a living trust but I'm currently going through a divorce. Will I be able to transfer assets into a trust now?

There is a "stay" on conveyances (transfers) once a dissolution of marriage is filed in the courts. You should definitely check with your family...

Probate Small Estate DE-310

DE-310 is inappropriate to file. Since the combined values exceed $50,000 (threshold for real property) formal probate proceedings will be...

How to cancel a revocable trust?

Seek Alaskan legal counsel that can advise on Alaskan law.

My dad passed away. he was divorced and has 5 kids. He forgot to put a beneficiary on his bank checking account.

Go to "California Codes" on Google and look up 13200 and following to look up up how to write a "small estates affidavit." If total personal...

It depends why your attorney recommended that you obtain and independent review. When an attorney names himself as the sole executor, trustee or a...

A well orchestrated Heggstad petition should be approved at the first hearing. The order should be signed within the next ten days (assuming...

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Can I allow a successor trustee to name their successor for a living trust.

Assuming your trust is revocable, you may surely amend it to provide for a "power of appointment" of a successor trustee. You give a "power of...

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I agree that the trust instrument (or other testamentary) document is absolutely critical. The question does raise an interesting topic though -...

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If our house is solely in my husband's name, in the event of his death, would the house automatically go to me, his wife?

Assuming no will and that the house is community property, yes to you his wife. Assuming no will and that the house is husband's separate...

Can we stop an estate from being "executed" and have the disbursement arbitrated by a judge w/o amassing major legal fees?

At the very least there will be a court hearing whereby an objection can be made orally to the judge. An oral objection will only get you so far. ...