Your suggestion makes sense, your brother's (the successor trustee) does not. Take the car and give each brother $6k; split the remaining cash in...

I don't think that there is any language in California's Advance Healthcare Directive that allows for the agent acting under such directive to deal...

The kind of trust that you are describing is a "self-settled" asset protection trust. Unfortunately, California law does not extend asset...

Don't sign that receipt until you have a lawyer review the trust and the amendment! I'm not a litigator but I am a certified specialist in estate...

If a Trustee hires an attorney, that attorney represents the Trustee, not "the Trust". That lawyer will advise the Trustee only, not the...

I think that would be too complicated. Presumably, the reason you want to have the property in a trust is to 1) change the disposition of the...

Sorry, but no, after your mother dies, the power of attorney is no longer valid. Your mother should either create a living trust or execute a...

It's really hard to say without seeing the trust. I'm assuming that the "martial trust " is for the exclusive benefit of your mother during her...

Unfortunately you will have to file a petition in probate court in Kern County. Whether that needs to be a full probate case, or a "Heggstad"...

If the LA Recorder is telling you that a trust is not recordable, it is probably due to California Government Code Section 27279(a), which defines...