I posted a few days ago telling you I was very surprised to see OJ Simpson’s attorney, and named executor, openly saying he would be stonewalling creditors claims by the Goldman family. To me, that is not smart! I said on April 13th, in my previous post on this topic, the following: Now I am […]

Topics we are going to discuss today: OJ Simpson’s estate, the Goldmans, and creditor claims in California probate. I have talked about this over the years as it’s long been a point I have made with clients. You can take steps that give you creditor protection in your estate planning but if a person wants […]

Yes, I intentionally titled this: Are you organized for if you die? Yes, I intentionally said “IF” as if you really have much of a choice in the matter. I have spoken before about the time a client called me, on my cell phone, on a Saturday night, as I sat watching television in our […]

The title of this post is the California Probate process and real estate investors and with that I could go two directions. 1) how do real estate investors buy properties in California probates and 2) how do families or loved ones clean up messes left behind by deceased California real estate investors? I am going […]

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In my 30 years as an estate attorney I have not yet been asked if a client can leave their tattoo to a loved one. However, after seeing this article maybe that’s going to start happening!? This Ohio mortuary is doing just that. They will preserve your tats for your loved ones. Yes, really! So […]

A common question I get is I still have not started probate is it too late? That is, it’s been a week, a month, a year, 5 years, or LONGER and they wonder if it’s too late to start the California probate process. Generally speaking there is not a deadline to start the process. I […]

When the California voters passed Proposition 19, in 2020, they effectively created a death tax in California. A tax that hadn’t existed at that time. A lot of voters clearly didn’t know what they were voting on because they started to get very upset when they started to see property taxes changing. The Howard Jarvis […]

I am going to classify this a client story because I have heard this scenario so many times. I have been doing estate and probate work since the 1990’s! When I first did probate work the California probate courts would update us on the status of cases by posting case information on a bulletin board […]

I have blogged about this many new years in the past and, here I am again, reminding you. Yes, I have my living trust in place but DO YOU? To me it seems very normal for people to say “I will get a living trust as part of my new years resolution!” The problem, like […]