What you're describing is what is known as a "divorce will". You are correct that once a petition for divorce is filed, an automatic stay is...

Eleven years for a probate has to be a record. Absent a very good reason for the delay (e.g., dealing with an IRS audit of the estate), I'm...

You can go to www.calbar.ca.gov and enter his name in the box “Look Up a Lawyer”. If he’s still alive, then you can find his address that way.

The Trustee of the the trust has apparently violated her fiduciary duty to you as a contingent beneficiary of the trust by not including you in the...

It's not clear from your facts but it appears that your mother gave your grandmother's rings to your sisters. To make a gift, the donor (i.e.,...

You'll need to prepare and file a Petition for Appointment of Guardian as well as a Petition To Deposit Money Into Blocked Account. You'll also...

Property owned as joint tenants will pass to the surviving tenant upon the death of the first partner to die. There won't be any probate at the...

Ordinarily, the family would be obligated to clean out the apartment. Given that your brother died in California and you live in Minnesota, you...

First and foremost, I'm sorry for your loss. If property is owned as "husband and wife" in California, then it is community property. Under...

First and foremost, I'm sorry for your loss. FYI powers of attorney are effectively signatures. When your mother passed, her signature died...