If you own your home in California you should have a revocable trust and an estate plan to avoid the substantial expense of ...

At some point, you may decide to hire a Bay Area estate planning attorney to outline wills, trusts and other legal documents that secure your family’s assets and ensure your last wishes are carried ...

Learn how probate validates a will, pays debts, and distributes assets to heirs. State intestacy laws apply when there is no ...

Before shifting my practice from estate planning to estate litigation, I witnessed up close the challenges and frustrations associated with the California probate process. That has changed for many ...

Alejandro Hernandez Earns Certified Probate & Trust Specialist Designation from the California Association of Realtors® ...

The probate process gets a bad reputation, but it's the reality many families will face, and it's a process that can function well for some small estates. Probate is the court-supervised proceeding in ...