Estate Administration & Probate

The majority of California residents recognize the need for some form of estate planning. For some, this involves creating a will; for others, it involves creating a trust and power of attorney to go along with the will. However, one aspect of everyday life that is...

It is certainly not unusual to note that doctors, dentists and many other medical professionals have multiple and distinct planning needs that are flatly dissimilar from individuals in other career fields.In fact, it is logical that they do, given the singularity of...

If you worked hard for decades, making all requisite payments to government entitlement programs through payroll withholding taxes, you're dutifully entitled to receive benefits under the Medicaid program in the event you need long-term care, right?Let's take a quick...

If you're lucky enough to have a second residence where family getaways and annual vacations occur (by a river perhaps, or far off in the woods), you likely feel truly blessed.From California to Connecticut, millions of American families have cabins at which they...

Legions of aging baby boomers in California and across the country believe that many of their financial concerns regarding health care will abate as they enter their senior years, owing to their eligibility for Medicare benefits they have worked hard for over...

Are aspects relating to your so-called "digital assets" -- which are likely expanding in seemingly exponential fashion -- just about to drive you crazy? Are you having trouble simply keeping track of them?If so, imagine what it would be like for your heirs attempting...

If your Southern California family has recently dropped off a child at college to begin his or her newly exciting life as a freshman, you and your spouse might be thinking that you've thought of everything that needs to be taken care of.In fact, you -- and,...

Land is certainly in no short supply in the United States. It's a big country, and many millions of individuals and families own deeds to real property.In California and elsewhere, a chunk of realty can be an envisioned central consideration in an estate plan, with a...

OK, perhaps we should concede at the outset of this post that stratospheric pop star Prince did not bequeath an estate planning war in the wake of his recent passing.Indeed, though, acrimony and massive uncertainty have prevailed regarding Prince's financial empire...

It's pretty much like that annual medical check-up or every-so-often teeth cleaning. Or like that periodic oil change and kick-the-tires car inspection at the local auto shop.We're talking revisiting your estate plan after all that initial effort you expended on...