If she is happy with the successor designated by the trust (as your comment indicates), she should be able to just resign and allow the successor...

Where do I go to see if there was a will filed for my grandmother?

If there was a will and your daughters were named as beneficiaries, they will receive notice when the Petition for Probate has been filed. If...

What kind of form do I need to fill if I want to gift a property to my children?

You will need to have a deed prepared and recorded. There are additional documents that accompany the deed (some counties have additional county...

Any individual named in a Will is entitled to notice of the probate and the Court reviews the will for this. The San Francisco Probate Court (I...

What does this California probate law mean (please see below)...

See my response to your other posts. I reiterate again that you really need to have the document reviewed by an attorney because the specific...

What assets are not included in probate? Does the IRS have any of these assets if not who would?

Assets that are not included in a probate include assets held in a revocable trust, assets that pass by beneficiary designation (life...

If all the distributions from an estate like Government bonds, municiple bonds, etc. have not yet been distributed to the...

Someone would have to review the trust to be sure, but if the original beneficiary was entitled to an outright distribution, then usually any...

Do contingent beneficiaries get anything after the original beneficiary dies since the distributions were not ALL made yet?

Someone would have to review the trust to be sure, but if the original beneficiary was entitled to an outright distribution, then usually any...

Do I have rights to 50% of my mother's estate if she was married when she dies without a will?

Life insurance passes by beneficiary designation without the necessity for a probate. If your step-father was named as the beneficiary, he could...

Hello, inquiring about a property title transfer from living trust to one sibling.

Doing a non-pro rata distribution of real property while still retaining the ability to qualify for the parent-child exclusion is possible, but it...