Estate Planning in California

The marital status of a person occasionally changes over time. For example, a person could be married one year, divorced the next year and t...

A successor trustee occasionally is tasked with operating a decedent's business post-death. For example, I've had clients in which t...

Since the estate tax exemption amount is currently pegged to inflation, the IRS recently announced the exemption amount for 2026 as detail...

Probate can arise in two situations in CA. First, a decedent can pass away while domiciled in CA. Second, a decedent can pass away while dom...

When a client seeks to write a new will invariably the question of what to do with the prior will arises. There are two ways under CA law to...

One circumstance that always surprises me is when a party will attend some court hearings but not others. Suffice to say, there are conseque...