Publishing the probate notice in an "adjudicated newspaper of general circulation" helps keep the newspapers in business. I usually have Bond...

After an attorney in Laguna Woods made himself the heir of many elders with no near relatives, the California legislature made it hard for a...

It is not clear what is happening. Did your husband have a trust or will? If a trust, the current trustee has the right to hire any attorney to...

You need to become your sister's conservator. You need an attorney who deos litigation to help you. There will be litigation. It will take some...

The lack of an accounting is concerning. By law, if you are a beneficiary, you are to be sent a copy of the most recent accounting 60 days after...

Retain a local attorney to write sister a “Trustee do your duty letter “ That letter should ask for the most recent accounting and include that if...

No. You need a trust litigator to review the documents. However if you were a caregiver you may be barred from receiving anything. But you still...

She needs a complete estate plan before she loses capacity. In her case, that may be a Will, an Advance Health Care Directive, and a Durable Power...

You know your father's name and your grandfather's name. You can go online and search the Orange County Recorder's records for deeds in your...

Based on your facts, Husband had no will nor children. Your sister and her husband died close enough together that the “former community property”...