How does Probate in CA deal with possible Heirs(with issues) who die before and/or after decedent.

Assuming both of your brother's parents are deceased, your sister's probate is required because she was living at the time of this death and as a...

How does Probate in CA deal with possible Heirs(with issues) who die before and/or after decedent.

Assuming both of your brother's parents are deceased, your sister's probate is required because she was living at the time of this death and as a...

The simple answer is that whether you use the trust creator's (grantor/trustor) social security number ("SSN") or a separate Federal Employer...

How to deal with credit card debt after death?

First, are you contractually liable for any of the credit card debts? If your husband and you applied for the credit cards using your joint credit...

What are all the different reasons to put financial accounts in a living trust?

First, let's distinguish between the owner of a retirement account such as a 401k or IRA and its pay on death beneficiary. If you were to change...

When you record a document (deed of trust, default notice) and you find an error and record again, which date becomes operative?

This isn't really a "trust" question. A deed of trust is actually a lending document which only nominally has any relationship to normal trusts. ...

My father passed away2001 and mother passed 9-2005, they had done a will in 1985 . I went with them when they did the will.

If the mobile home and the real property were in your mother's name at the time of ther death, then those interests would have to go through the...

I have a 1998 will of my friend. There have been one or two since then but cannot locate them in the home. It is good?

Under California law, there are two types of wills, witnessed and holographic. A holographic will is one the primary provisions of which are...

My new home is in my name only & payments r from my personal ck-ing acct. My boyfriend contributed 2K towards the down payment

Your question is much more of a family law question than an estate planning question. First, transferring the home into a trust will not protect...

A probate court investigator is willingly committing perjury, fraud and slander etc. Who should I report her too?

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