Estate Administration & Probate

One topic unquestionably dominates the conversations of millions of Americans from time to time in living rooms, company dining facilities, coffee shops, malls and just about everywhere else where people of a certain age congregate and exchange views.That would be...

High numbers of people across the United States, including many California residents, seek to respond meaningfully to advancing age by securing the benefits of long-term care policies offered by select insurance companies.Certainly, no one can argue with the logic of...

"[L]ife got in the way."Such a development is something that virtually all of us of a certain age and maturity well understand and appreciate.Life is, quite simply, full of darts and feints. We plan for A, but then B suddenly occurs. We think we'll end up taking a...

Unquestionably, one of the supreme misconceptions harbored by young couples with children is that attending to an estate plan is not something they need to think about.And attendant to that misconception is an equally supreme irony that perhaps no other demographical...

Sure, doctors in Orange County and across the rest of the country have many of the same estate planning needs as do lay persons with no connection to the medical industry. After all, many planning considerations are commonplace if not universal, regardless of a...

A commentator on estate planning makes a telling and important point in a recent media piece regarding planning considerations and elder law.That is this: Many people often -- and understandably, in the absence of any detailed knowledge -- consider general estate...

Estate planning commentators often remark on the need for individuals and families to think about their estates -- regardless of size or composition -- in a timely manner that allows for purposeful planning and peace of mind.That makes sense, of course, in the same...

What involves "love, money and the compounded effect of a lifetime of emotional experiences?"We'll assume that readers uniformly and promptly answered estate administration, which, indeed, centrally embodies all those considerations.There is certainly no dearth of...

Mobility and modern family life might create unique real property ownership situations. Perhaps a couple owns out-of-state property. Perhaps a family has separated but not divorced, with spouses living in different states. Perhaps parents purchased a property for...

Is poor communication still an issue in estate planning? According to a recent article, the answer may, unfortunately, be yes.Specifically, a recent article claims that far too many Americans don’t have a will or other estate-planning document, around 27 percent. To...