Sacramento, CA
Probate Lawyer at Sacramento, CA
Practice Areas: Probate, Estate Planning ... +2 more
I normally write about wills, trusts, probate and the like as relates to California as I am a California estate and trust attorney located in Sacramento. I know this is off topic but it caught me by su...
See Full GuideSo you just lost a loved one and now, to add insult to injury, you learn the house is upside down. That is, the house is worth less than your deceased loved one owes on it. Your first instinct, particu...
See Full GuideDid you know life insurance is a taxable asset in your estate? It's true. A lot of people think life insurance is "tax free" and that's simply not the case. It does, generally, build in value without ...
See Full GuideWe estate planning attorneys have been waiting for a new law since the "old" law went into effect in 2002. Surely the smart people in Washington DC will come up with a new law prior to the sunset of t...
See Full GuideYou live nowhere near Sacramento but you have a legal issue here. How would that work? Some common reasons people, who live elsewhere, hire us to do legal work are: 1) mom/dad/relative/friend died in ...
See Full GuideA day does not go by that a potential client doesn't ask why they should use an attorney to prepare their estate planning documents. They always say, "can't I just use a computer program, or a paralega...
See Full GuideTraditional Probate Probate is the court administered process of distributing a deceased persons estate to those entitled to receive the decedent's assets. Although generally not a pleasant experienc...
See Full GuideI primarily represent the fiduciary in my trust and probate cases. That is I represent the trustee, executor, administrator or personal representative. That is, the person who has been in-trusted to ga...
See Full GuideEstate planning attorneys love acronyms: Q-TIP, Q-DOT and Q-PRT are three relatively well known types of trusts. Others include ILIT, CRT, GRAT, GRIT and A/B. Though all of these initials are good es...
See Full GuideAt least once a week I get a call from a perspective client that goes something like this: ME: "Good morning this is John Palley...." CLIENT: "I need your help fast... we are trying to sell mom's hou...
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