Is this payment to the trustee or is the trustee retaining money to pay some future bills? If payment to the trustee, it needs to be accounted for....

Accounts with beneficiary designations will go to the designated beneficiaries, regardless of what your will or trust says. However, you need an...

If the matter is settled, it is settled, and you cannot do anything so long as the x trustee follows the settlement agreement. If the x trustee...

Unless the home was the primary residence of the decedent and a child (grandchild if the child is deceased and other qualifications are met) will...

Yes. The new POA should have revoked all previous POAs. If it did not, there are real problems. While the principal should inform the old agent...

Use the effective date. A trust does not need a notary, but it should be notarized to show that the settlors and original trustees are real people...

California law requires that the original will be deposited with the local probate court within 30 days of death. While there are limits on who can...

The Public Guardian/Administrator of LA county is your father's conservator. You can hire an attorney and petition to become his conservator. If...

Hire a Riverside attorney to help you. All probate is local, and Riverside has its own methods and forms.

If your father had an Advance Health Care Directive, it might specify what to do with his remains. And that may exclude you from getting them, or...