Many California will and trust disputes arise from ambiguity in the document with respect to who is entitled to an asset. Maybe the document was hazy from the start or perhaps circumstances have ...

What do you do if someone steals money or property from a trust or estate? California Probate Code section 850 allows you to ask the Superior Court to order the thief to give the money or property ...

Here is the publisher's description of the newest book by Adam J Hirsch and William M. McGovern, Jr.: Hirsch & McGovern California Probate Code Annotated, 2023 ed. (California Desktop Codes) is your ...

Effective April 1, 2025, Assembly Bill 2016 (AB 2016) creates a new probate shortcut allowing primary residences in California, if certain conditions are met, to pass to the decedent’s ...

Depending on the nature of any given asset, there are ways to avoid probate. Probate is the process of managing and distributing someone’s assets after they have died. For someone who dies with a will ...

Hugh O'Brian, best known for his role as Wyatt Earp in the 1950's ABC Western television series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, died in September 2016. In Rallo v. O'Brian, the Court of Appeal of ...