The last chapter I have partially written for my second probate book is below. Remember you can get my first probate book on Amazon or email me for a free PDF. Chapter 12 – Letters Testamentary (and Letters of Administration)   The holy grail of the probate process is the “Letters” document. In California it […]

Please remember my first probate book is available for sale on Amazon or just email me for a free pdf.  My second one may never get published so am posting each chapter here on my blog. Here’s chapter 11….   Chapter 11 – The Four Month Probate Period   The heart of a California probate […]

Please remember you can get my first probate book on Amazon. This is from my second probate book which I have determined will never be finished.  I think this is one of my most important chapters and contains stuff I have seen nowhere else on the web!   Chapter 10 – Calendar Notes in Probate […]

Another chapter from the unpublished probate book #2. Remember you can get my first California probate book on Amazon.   Chapter 9 – Filing a California Probate Once you have the documents ready you then have to physically file them in the proper probate court. This is different from county to county so you need […]

The response has been great to my unpublished second California probate book. I might have to publish it after all.  Don’t forget my first book is available on Amazon. Here’s another chapter from book 2: Chapter 8 – The Main Probate Forms Probate is a form driven process. Most forms, in a California probate, are […]

Chapter 7 – The nuts and bolts of a California probate As mentioned above I like to remind people that “probate is 7 months minimum so the quicker you start it the quicker you will be done.” As I write this book I contemplate a recent case. I was hired by a beneficiary to monitor […]

Please remember this is from my unpublished probate book #2 but you can get my whole first book on Amazon or just email me for a PDF copy. Thanks. Here’s chapter 6…. Chapter 6 – Beneficiary representation in probate There are some probate cases where the beneficiary might feel they need their own attorney. Remember […]

Chapter 5 – The Attorney-Client Relationship in probate The most common confusion in probate is who does the attorney represent. Let me start by saying, loudly, THE ATTORNEY DOES NOT REPRESENT THE ESTATE. There is simply no such representation. The attorney for the PR represents the PR and represents the PR only. If you are […]

Here’s another chapter from my second probate book which likely will never be published. However, my first book is available on Amazon if you want to get it. Or I’ll send you a free PDF if you send me an email and ask for a copy! Chapter 4 – Reasons for delays in probate There […]

Chapter 3 – Why 7 months and not 6 or 8? When I started practicing law in the mid 1990’s I said probate should take about six months. I had a fancy chart that looked something like this below. In fact, when I first put up my first probate website (palley.com), in December 1996, I […]