Sorry for your loss. Yes, you will need to go through probate. The total value, not subtracting for the mortgage, is what determines the...

Yes, the California Statutory Will will work for you. You may want to have an attorney consultation, because there exists the alternative of a...

You need to discuss this with an attorney who handles real estate litigation. Your version of the events/agreement is apparently different than...

If it's not secured with a deed of trust on the property, it's just another debt.

Generally, when a contract provides that one party gets attorney fees, the law makes that attorney fee provision mutual, so that it is the...

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The wrongful exclusion of a co-owner is called an "ouster." The excluded owner may be able to recover damages resulting from the exclusion. There...

Strictly speaking, probate attorney fees (and administrator fees) are an expense of the estate and, like creditors and taxes, are paid before...

The deadline to respond to a civil complaint still applies if the defendant's attorney is in trial on another case. Usually, under those...

If you are trustee you should consult an attorney immediately, paid for by the trust. Legal fees for trust administration are trust expenses.

It depends on the exact wording of the trust. Generally, if the daughter is just a successor trustee, and not a/the beneficiary, the grandchildren...