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- 3 estate planning mistakes to avoid
- 3 outside factors leading to estate litigation
- 3 tax benefits of estate planning
- 3 things to discuss with your chosen guardian
- 3 things you should not include in your will
- 3 tips for creating advance directives
- 3 Ways You Can Avoid Probate in California
- 4 common estate planning mistakes that are easy to avoid
- 5 mistakes to avoid when writing a will in California
- A look at do not resuscitate orders
- A Trustee’s Duties In California
- Administration In California
- Are e-wills a good idea?
- Are handwritten wills valid in California?
- Are there different types of wills?
- Are you aware of common reasons for estate disputes?
- Avoid probate with your estate plan
- Avoiding an heir’s attempt to challenge a will
- California Lawmakers Consider Right-to-Die Legislation
- California Probate Court
- Can Creditors Make Claims on Your Estate?
- Can estate planning help your loved ones avoid expenses?
- Can I Include My Pet in My Estate Plans?
- Can I stop someone from abusing power of attorney?
- Can you avoid these commonly litigated estate issues?
- Can you remove the executor of an estate?
- Challenging a will because of mental incapacity
- Common estate planning mistakes to avoid
- Common reasons for will contests
- Contesting A Will In California
- Create An Honorary Trust To Protect Your Pet In California
- Defining the parent-child relationship
- Detailing your rights to temporary possession
- Determining no-contest clause enforceability
- Determining when to contest a California will
- Developments Affecting Trusts, Estates, and Conservatorships
- Difference Between an Advanced Health Care Directive and a Power of Attorney
- Do Healthy People Need Living Wills?
- Do I Need An Attorney For A Trust Administration?
- Do not set your family up for an estate dispute
- Do retirement accounts in California need to go through probate?
- Do you need advanced directives in your estate plan?
- Does estate planning take longer for those with a high net worth?
- Does serving as someone’s executor put you at risk of a lawsuit?
- Does your estate plan address digital assets?
- Drawing up your will also means naming an executor
- Durable and regular powers of attorney
- Elderly Livermore Resident with Dementia Swindled by Bank Employee
- Estate Planning and Gift Tax
- Estate planning for pets
- Estate Planning in California: What is a Trustee?
- Estate planning supports your family’s financial security
- Estate Planning Year in Review
- Examples of a breach of fiduciary duty
- Fees paid to the personal representative
- Health care planning with advanced directives
- Holding the personal representative liable for breach of duty
- How a Mediation Lawyer Could Help You
- How a special needs trust protects your child with a disability
- How a trust can improve a life insurance policy
- How can I avoid common will mistakes?
- How Can I Create an Estate Plan That Protects My Assets From Creditors?
- How Can Medi-Cal Planning Address Your Concerns?
- How can you maintain control over your own funeral?
- How can you talk to your elderly parents about estate planning?
- How do estate sales work?
- How Do I Get Funds into a Trust?
- How do trusts improve the lives of adults with Down Syndrome?
- How do you choose an executor?
- How do you empower your power of attorney document?
- How do you handle your loved one’s debts?
- How do you preserve your family’s money?
- How do you reduce arguments over wills?
- How does a power of attorney work?
- How does California estate tax work?
- How Does the Trust Administration Process Work?
- How Is a Conservatorship Created?
- How may I choose a personal representative?
- How often should you update your estate plan?
- How should you prioritize your estate plan review?
- How should you share your advance directive?
- How to avoid favoritism in your estate plan
- How to avoid probate court
- How to challenge a will
- How to choose a guardian for your minor children
- How to handle estate disputes
- How to involve your agent in your advance directive decisions
- How to keep your kids from fighting over your estate
- How to prevent financial abuse of a loved one
- Is a funeral trust right for you?
- Is a handwritten will legal?
- Is a nuncupative will legal?
- Is it time to update your estate plan?
- Is now the time to update your estate plan?
- Lack of capacity when making a will
- Litigating against a power of attorney
- Local Senior Scam Stopper Seminar Offers Great Tips
- Lonely seniors might be more vulnerable to undue influence
- Making changes to your will after a divorce
- Making trust decisions
- Managing stress during estate litigation
- Millennials and estate planning
- Modifying and invalidating a will
- Most common reasons for beneficiary disputes of an estate plan
- Nobody Has Died, So Why Is This Estate Issue Going to Court?
- Plan ahead for medical care with a living will
- Planning Your Estate: What is an executor?
- Preparing to manage estate taxes
- Proving undue influence when challenging a will
- Requirements for a valid will
- Reviewing common probate terms
- Reviewing some of the benefits of spendthrift trusts
- Revising your estate plan due to starting or closing a business
- Revisiting your California estate plan amid divorce
- Revocable and irrevocable trusts: What’s the difference?
- Safeguarding wills against challengers
- Satisfying Expectations By Drafting A Valid Will In California
- Seven Ways to Make a Strong Estate Plan
- Should I appoint more than one power of attorney?
- Should I Include End-of-Life Care in My Estate Plan?
- Should you DIY your will? Top concerns of choosing to do so
- Should you have a living will?
- Should You Sign a Prenup?
- Some details about contesting a will
- Spendthrift trusts can allow for responsible financial habits
- Taking a look at first-party special needs trusts
- Taking a look at the probate process
- The importance of an advance healthcare directive
- The importance of succession planning for family businesses
- The importance of the executor during probate
- Tips for will asset division to children
- Trust Disputes: What Can a Beneficiary Do?
- Trusts and SSI benefits
- Understanding estate tax laws
- Understanding estate tax portability
- Understanding no-contest clauses
- Understanding The Benefits Of A Revocable Living Trust
- Understanding the elements of executor misconduct
- Understanding the two main types of living trust
- Video conferencing, phone calls and estate planning
- Ways parents can plan financially to help their kids’ guardians
- Weighing Your Options: Conservatorship
- What Are Advance Healthcare Directives and How Can They Help the Estate Planning Process?
- What are beneficiary designations?
- What Are Durable Powers of Attorney?
- What are good times to modify an estate plan?
- What Are My Rights as a Will Beneficiary?
- What are revocable and irrevocable trusts?
- What Are Some Benefits of Estate Planning?
- What are some common advance directives?
- What are the different types of advance directives?
- What are the duties of an agent under a power of attorney?
- What are the elements of undue influence?
- What are the legal grounds for challenging a will?
- What are the pros and cons of DIY wills?
- What are the requirements for a valid power of attorney?
- What are Your Rights When Contesting a Will in California?
- What can we do if our family trustee misuses the funds?
- What can you do in the case of a no-contest will?
- What can you expect when contesting a will?
- What decisions can an advance directive cover?
- What documents should you have as a part of your estate plan?
- What documents should you include in your estate plan?
- What does an estate administrator do?
- What does not belong in a will?
- What duties do executors manage?
- What duties does an executor manage?
- What factors should you consider when appointing an executor?
- What happens if you die in debt?
- What if I want to divide assets unevenly?
- What if one dies without a will?
- What information should you include in an advance directive?
- What is a living will?
- What is a power of attorney?
- What is a probate referee?
- What is a trust?
- What is an advance directive?
- What is Elder Law?
- What is Estate Planning?
- What is intestate succession in California?
- What is the importance of an agent for a power of attorney?
- What is the purpose of an advance directive?
- What makes a do not resuscitate form important?
- What medical decisions are included in a living will?
- What Pitfalls Can an Estate Planning Attorney Help You Avoid?
- What should I consider when choosing a healthcare proxy?
- What should I expect when contesting a will?
- What should I know about when a power of attorney goes into effect?
- What should you include in an advance directive?
- What should you know about DIY wills?
- What should you know about trusts?
- What The Kwok! I Killed My Client’s Title Insurance
- What to include in a basic California estate plan
- What to Watch Out for If There’s a Sudden Death in Your Family
- What You Need to Know About Medi-Cal
- When can someone contest a will during probate?
- When Does An Estate Require Probate? Navigating Difficult Concepts in Difficult Times
- When does someone lack the capacity to create a valid estate plan?
- When probate is not necessary
- When should I update my estate plan?
- When should you change or review your advance directive?
- When should you update your estate plan?
- When to consider estate planning
- When to have a prenuptial agreement
- Which power of attorney should I choose?
- Who are the key figures in your plan?
- Who Can Contest a Will?
- Who should I pick to be my power of attorney?
- Who should you choose for your power of attorney?
- Why and how do you dispute conservatorship?
- Why Do Attorneys Ask You to Explain Your Estate Plans?
- Why do estate plans fail?
- Why Do I Need an Estate Planning Attorney For An Estate Plan?
- Why do people modify estate plans?
- Why should new parents establish an estate plan?
- Why You Should Plan Ahead to Avoid Financial Elder Abuse
- You are never too young to begin estate planning