Can I override power of Attorney?

A health care power of attorney can be used to make medical decisions on behalf of a person. However, preventing family visits is highly irregular,...

A better phrase is that you have been nominated as executor of her estate. Unless there is something of value in the estate, it will not be worth...

Filed dual petition in probate - to suspend POA & provide accounting. POA was revoked. How do I initiate the accounting demand?

California Probate Courts often demand the personal appearance of petitioners, especially when dealing with persons with disability issues, such as...

My mother is in a home, my sister is power of attorney

A power of attorney for health care designates an agent who acts as if they are the principal. If your sister has the health care power of...

If you received notice of a hearing on the Final Report and Accounting, then the notice should have provided information on the hearing date and...

I am going through probate for my parents estate. What happens next.

I note you are from Carson, California. The Los Angeles Superior Court will require a report of administration, whether or not there is a waiver of...

Is it advisable to have one trust for community property, and separate trusts for each spouse's separate property?

In California, we generally establish a joint trust with provisions for holding community and separate property. What is important is to identify...

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Questions about compelling an accounting

As a trust beneficiary of a trust which has become irrevocable through the death of the person(s) who wrote the trust, you may request an...

Although a personal representative can be held criminally liable for converting funds to their own use, prosecutors will often rely on the civil...

Now that your step-dad has passed away, the successor trustee of your mother's trust needs to start administration of the trust. Do this...