is your mother's name Leah? If so, that just may have been the title they put on her will. Otherwise, there is no legal document in California...

You have posted this question several times. Attorney Shields gave you the pros and cons of claiming reimbursement from the trust or having the...

You have several choices -- 1. Contact your father - send him an official waiver and release form of all interest in your mother's estate...

If you father still has mental capacity, advise him to set up a trust, and transfer title to his assets to the trust, before he dies, otherwise his...

Pros -- 1. Beneficiaries not tempted to spend it all at once -- good for younger beneficiaries 2. Can be used as asset protection from...

I am assuming you know who the trustee is and have her/his contact information. Write a polite letter notifying trustee of your birthday and...

Your question does not provide sufficient information to respond -- such as your age, who those other family members are and your relation to them,...

If you children agree and have capacity to appoint you as their health care agents -- to make health care decisions for them -- then have the sign...

Because of the difficulty in guaranteeing that each beneficiary receives the same distribution if the stocks themselves are divided, I would...

A beneficiary's share of a trust is usually distributed when the administration of the trust is finished and all debts and expenses have been paid....