If a California will was not properly witnessed, it may be challenged. However, if certain evidence is presented, it may be deemed valid regardless.
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San Diego probate and trust administration lawyer Scott Grossman explains how to notify creditors under the California probate code and handle their claims.
Beneficiaries can be disqualified from receiving an inheritance under California law. View here for more from a probate attorney in San Diego.
An executor is the person in charge of administering a decedent’s probate estate. When there are co-executors named, those responsibilities are magnified.
Most real property held in community between spouses and domestic partners used to be held in joint tenancy. Since 2001 (and 2003 for domestic partners), California probate law has introduced Community Property with Right of Survivorship (CPWROS).
If your loved one may have been a victim of fraud when creating his will, you may have grounds to challenge it. The fraud must have been actual or constructive.
If a deceased beneficiary of an estate has a spouse, he or she may not be entitled to the decedent’s inheritance. It is important to understand the laws.
Attorney Scott Grossman discusses the two local rules in San Diego that affect two different types of petitions that can be filed in the probate court.
Attorney Scott Grossman discusses the four requirements in California for a valid typewritten and what they mean.
Accusing someone of altering or forging documents in a decedent’s Will or Trust is an extremely serious allegation.