How to calculate Probate Fees in California?: Probate Fees
California Probate Fees; How to calculate the expected probate fee in California.
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A Trustee’s Best Interest Duty in California
As a California trustee, you have a fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of your beneficiaries. This means that you keep the beneficiaries informed and that you put the interest of the beneficiary ahead of your own. “Best interest” varies…
Grandma sued grandchildren for financial elder abuse and won
WOSU reported an interesting story about elder abuse where financial arbitrators awarded grandma with $19M in damages against her grandchildren: “Beverley Schottenstein, matriarch of the Central Ohio family that built DSW, American Eagle and Big Lots, is sharing her story of elder…
Spousal Inheritance Rivalry
Spousal Property Petition in California
Unique Rights of a Wife or Husband to Inherit from Her or His Spouse in California
California has some unique inheritance law when it comes to the community rights of a wife or husband to inherit from her or his spouse after death. Because California is a community property state, the surviving wife or husband has some advantages…
Attorney for Aging Parents to Legally Protect from Elder Abuse
Many people who are over the age of fifty have at one time or another contemplated hiring an attorney to legally protect one’s aging parents. Elderly parents at some point during their lives need help and perhaps protection from others or from…
Interesting Article about Myths About Aging
Romeo Vitelli wrote a very interesting article called Exploding the Myths about Aging in Psychology Today dated June 1, 2020. It had may interesting points about aging, how people view aging, and how some of the symptoms of aging can be reversed.…
Can your beneficiary designation thwart your estate plan?
To be sure that your beneficiary designations are coordinated with your estate plan, call attorney Mina Sirkin and let our skilled lawyers assist you in your estate plan and beneficiary designations. Call 818.340.4479 for attorneys who help with beneficiary designations.
A Trustee Error Can Cost You | Explained by Los Angeles County Attorney
When a trustee of a trust makes a mistake or error, the ramifications can be great for not only the trustee of the trust but for the beneficiaries and the trust itself. In this article, we explore some of the trustee errors…
Two Tiers of Executor Compensation in California | Los Angeles California
Call Mina Sirkin, Los Angeles Executor attorney who regularly handles matters involving executor compensation and fees in California. We represent family executors and professional executors including corporate executors. Call our executor lawyer at 818.340.4479 and email us at [email protected] for a complimentary executor consultation in Los Angeles California.
