Our Probate Blog

Our blog offers regular updates on probate administration in California, giving you the information you need to close a loved one's estate. Learn more about the California probate and estate administration process from our experienced attorneys.

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Beat Style Author’s Estate Faces Dispute Involving Literary Letter The one-month custody battle over a long-lost letter to Beat generation author Jack Kerouac from his driving character, Neal ... Estate Planning
Suspicious Death, Love Triangle, and a Million Dollar Estate Battle Since last summer, investigators have been trying to answer a puzzling question: Who killed Sarah Long, who was found dead of ... Probate
Beware of Embezzling Attorneys A prominent Staten Island attorney has been accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from five clients, according ... Estate Planning
Bob Hoskins’ Estate Details Revealed in Probate The year 2014 will be remembered for many things, to include celebrity deaths. The details of another celebrity's estate have ... Estate Planning
Estate Battles – Pirates Aren’t the Only Ones Dealing with Lost Treasure A New York City landlord told his siblings, on his deathbed, that he hid $4.5m worth of silver bullion and gold krugerrands - ... Estate Planning
Estate of Fugitive with Double Life Being Challenged by Victim’s Family No one - not Florida investigators, court officials, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections or the FBI - ever notified the ...
Supposed Billionaire Dies Penniless: Irony or Foul Play? Probate records reveal that he died without a will and left an estate valued at 'nil' in England and Wales. It is not known ... Estate Planning
New Hampshire’s New Law Allows Probating a Will Before You Pass "I saw an alarming increase in the number of probate and trust litigation cases. It was just devastating families, and ... Probate
Estate Litigation on the Rise as Families Drift Apart? Some attorneys and judges believe that as the Baby Boom generation ages there will be an increase in the number of probate ... Probate
Kids – What If You Don’t Get The Inheritance You Were Expecting? If you are expecting an outright inheritance, you may need to think again. Expecting a sizeable inheritance? A recent Forbes ... Estate Planning
IRS Sets Value Of Michael Jackson’s Image Documents recently released in litigation between the estate of pop star Michael Jackson and the IRS showed that a large ... Estate Planning
Titling Assets to Avoid Probate Earlier in my career, I saw estate plans consisting of a set of documents drawn and signed, and that was it. There was no ... Estate Planning

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