California passes AB-565 and AB-1521 to reduce friction in trust proceedings and add estate notice rules for advisors ...

Soto Law Group has published a comprehensive new article, “Newport Beach Probate – How Long It Takes and What It Really Costs,” offering a detailed look into the probate process in Orange County, ...

At some point, you may decide to hire a Bay Area estate planning attorney to outline wills, trusts and other legal documents that secure your family’s assets and ensure your last wishes are carried ...

Local California probate attorney and owner of The Estate Planning Law Center Gwendolyn K. Christeson is now a published ...

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 ...

Attorney John W. Ambrecht, an expert in estate planning and estate tax law, has been named a Super Lawyer for 2018 in a newly published listing of top attorneys throughout Southern California. The ...

California’s probate process aims to expeditiously identify and resolve the claims of creditors against decedents. Creditors who are unsophisticated, or who simply do not learn of the decedent’s ...