With a small estate such as yours you may be able to avoid probate all together by naming beneficiaries on your accounts and motor vehicles....

Do you have to hand write a do it yourself will in California or can it be done on one of the create your own will wedsites?

Calbar.gov is the website for the California State Bar. The website has the California statutory will form, the only presumptively valid...

Can a planning department ignore homeowners who add to the square footage of their house without obtaining proper permits?

Hold on! This is less complicated than you think. You do not have to put the city in the middle. That is what civil law if fore. You can sue the...

RE: Nomination of an Executor in a Will

There are a few banks which have trust companies associated with them. Generally however they prefer to handles estates with a million plus dollars...

What should my friend do?

It is considered battery to knowingly transmit an STD. Most homeowners insurance policies have excluded coverage for STD transmittal from their...

My private apt backyard area includes both my neighbors bedroom windows enclosed I'm it. Is this legal? Caught neighbor in yard.

Generally configurations of buildings are not governed by invasion of privacy causes of actions. It sounds like the property owner needs to secure...

What kind of business type should I file for?

You have two options. Either file as a hobby, using 1040 line 21 for income, and take expenses up to the amount of income on Schedule A, or file...

Circumstances the are annoying do not necessarily rise to the level of a legal nuisance. Whether skateboarding on a ramp is a private nuisance...

If the legal fees were spent on the acquisition or preservation of income, they may be tax deductible on a Schedule A, if you itemize. If they are...

For a hardship withdrawal, can the IRS charge a tax amount equal to the actual withdrawal?

Turbo Tax is a software program that follows the rule of nature - garbage in; garbage out, otherwise known as GIGO. Without knowing your other...