Obviously you should try to avoid keeping this estate open for the next four years. The probate court will want Accountings, and in some...

You are correct that the credit card debt is not inherited by a beneficiary, however, that has a limited meaning. That meaning is that the...

What is most ecominical way to revise family trust set up in Calif. over 10 years ago? Also need to update wills.

Since your trust is over ten years old, you should review it with an estate planner anyway, irrespective of your relocation to SC. This is because...

Real Estate planning

It would be helpful to know the marital property system of your state of residence, and the family facts involved. If your home is the community...

Real Estate planning

It would be helpful to know the marital property system of your state of residence, and the family facts involved. If your home is the community...

A Trustor/Settlor of a living trust generally cannot insulate himself from liability for non-disclosures by attempting to interpose his revocable...

Your trust may direct that California law shall apply to matters of construction and also as to determination of default distribution patterns, if...

I want to have a trust set up for myself and wife instead of just a will as we now have. Our the online trust worth the money?

The important task in setting up a modest estate plan is not filling in the blanks to create the instrument, it is in determining the right trust...

It may be that something unexpected came up during the proceedings. Possibly there were objections, or a probate examiner raised calendar notes...