Larkspur, CA
Estate planning Lawyer at Larkspur, CA
Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Probate ... +2 more
Under state law, original wills are supposed to be "lodged" with the Superior Court in the county in which the decedent resided. Sometimes this...
For your own and the estate's protection, I would redo the lease agreement. Tenants conceivably could use misleading signature as grounds to...
You don't need to make another trust if your only concern is your life insurance policy. A life insurance policy is a contract with the life...
Yes - after 10 years the trust fund should have increased. Your aunt as trustee had a fiduciary duty to invest it in a safe way. The trustee has...
Whichever of the other siblings is willing to act as executor instead of your oldest brother should file his/her own petition for probate: DE-120,...
Don't transfer all the assets to your wife. My sister-in-law convinced my brother to do that stating she was worried about potential lawsuits,...
If one of you is also the trustee, you run the risk, in case of audit or later unhappy beneficiary, of being charged with breach of fiduciary duty...
As lawyers say, "It all depends." Some attorneys charge flat fees for trusts, other charge by the hour, and others use a hybrid fee schedule. In...
One way would be to file a petition with the court to have the trustee removed. You should discuss the situation with a local estate planning...
Where the trust is silent, often the court has to be the final arbiter. "Net income" usually means income from investments after all expenses...
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