It sounds like your step-mother lacks capacity to sign any legal document. When the time comes to probate her estate and lodge her will with the...

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Is this a trust that you had prepared and signed? No, you do not need to record the trust. Or are you the successor trustee of a trust? Even then,...

There should be a Schedule A (or some exhibit) to the trust that lists the trust assets. However, if this is a trust that was done many years ago,...

How should I number the set for form interrogatories together with the request for production of docs? One or two?

Your set would be number one because it is the first set of interrogatories from you.

If they withhold paying your final check to you until you sign paperwork, that is a violation of the Labor Code and they could be responsible for...

Resigning poa?

There is no reason not to sign. I suspect that the friend tried to use the POA and the institution requested either a certified judgment of...

Submitted a witness declaration that was unsigned in an opposition to a motion. What is best way to resubmit?

You need to efile and serve an amended opposition or at the very least an amended declaration in opposition. You can even include a brief letter...

Probate Code Section 17005 provides that a commencement of an action related to the administration of a trust should be brought in the county...

Can the son file for a presumption of death without an attorney if his son was missing for more than five years?

Yes, a son may petition the court to have the court determine that his father is presumed dead. It is a complex process, and I highly recommend ...

Can I pay for an UD attorney in a probate case?

Yes, you can pay a Landlord/Tenant attorney while in the probate process with full IAEA authority. The attorney commissions referenced in the...