Questions answered by Bert Z. Tigerman

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In the state of California, most will contests and probate problems get sent to mediation, does this save on legal fees?

Bert's answer | Answered on April 30, 2011

In California a lawyer must have a fee agreement if the lawyer is charging either a condtingent fee or is on ah hourly basis. If there is no such...

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My husband and I have a good amount of equity in our properties. My question is how safe is the equity since my husband is being

Bert's answer | Answered on April 28, 2011

You might consider consulting an insolvency lawyer. Therer are several things that you can do to legally protect assets from judgement creditors. ...

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I hired a lawyer to help with estate, i am executor, i paid all bills, kept reciepts on what i am owed pertaining to estate.

Bert's answer | Answered on April 23, 2011

AND, in addition to all of the above, file a complaint with the State Bar of California.

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Stepson is contesting the trust

Bert's answer | Answered on April 17, 2011

To paraphrase Hamlet - "Get thee to a lawyer, go." You may have to give some information, it is not possible to make that kind of a judgment based...

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My brother passed away an so had his wife his sister& brother inlaw took every thing he had after he died an tell's me he did no

Bert's answer | Answered on April 16, 2011

A little hard to tell what the problem is. You say that when your brother passed away "his sister and brother inlaw took everything." Then you...

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Do we need to file with the probate courts when my father-in-law died without a will and only has $2000 cash assets?

Bert's answer | Answered on April 11, 2011

Assuming that there is no real estate and less than $100,000 cash Section 13100 of the California Probate Code pemits the assets to be transferred...

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The trustee of an estate has not paid me my disbursement from sale of property in the trust and will not answer calls

Bert's answer | Answered on April 11, 2011

You clearly need the services of a knowledgeable lawyer. There are provisions in the Probate Code to protect beneficiaries in such matters. You...

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Rights of heir to access accounting

Bert's answer | Answered on April 06, 2011

Why do you need to have the grtandmother's estate closed? Just include as an asset in your father's estate the inchoate right to receive a...

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For the inventory, does each item in will need to be listed sererately?

Bert's answer | Answered on April 05, 2011

Assuming that all of the separately bequeathed items are personal property and have no individual intrinsic value, you can probably list them as a...

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I am 1/4 heir to my father's farm to be sold and can the executors sign off a property without my permission?

Bert's answer | Answered on April 02, 2011

I assume that there are court supervised probate proceedings. If the sale of the property is subject to a court confirmation (as it might be in...

Bert Z. Tigerman's Answers (952)

In the state of California, most will contests and probate problems get sent to mediation, does this save on legal fees?

My husband and I have a good amount of equity in our properties. My question is how safe is the equity since my husband is being

I hired a lawyer to help with estate, i am executor, i paid all bills, kept reciepts on what i am owed pertaining to estate.

Stepson is contesting the trust

My brother passed away an so had his wife his sister& brother inlaw took every thing he had after he died an tell's me he did no

Do we need to file with the probate courts when my father-in-law died without a will and only has $2000 cash assets?

The trustee of an estate has not paid me my disbursement from sale of property in the trust and will not answer calls

Rights of heir to access accounting

For the inventory, does each item in will need to be listed sererately?

I am 1/4 heir to my father's farm to be sold and can the executors sign off a property without my permission?