I was just reading on a legal website about how an uncle held a power of attorney over the deceased grandmother, and now the uncle is excluding certain family members from attending the grandmother's funeral. It sounds like that family had some major issues with one another to get to the point that one family [...]
Many of you may have heard about California allowing property owners to designate a “Transfer on Death” designation to automatically transfer ownership of a piece of real property as of January 1, 2016. This new “Transfer on Death” deed works a lot like a “Payable on Death” designation on a bank or other financial account [...]
I remember a few years ago when I was a third-year law student, I put together a very basic estate plan for myself. I went over to a relative’s house to have my will witnessed, and the relative asked why I was preparing a will and estate documents. It was a good question, as I [...]
What does an executor do? I get this question a lot from people who are curious about what an executor of an estate does especially if the decedent's estate will need to be probated. An executor is a person nominated in someone's will who is in charge of finalizing or finishing out the decedent’s business [...]
