Blog Posts in December, 2016

The Revocable Transfer on Death Deed: are Trusts a thing of the Past? The California legislator enacts thousands of laws each year. On January 1, 2016, Assembly Bill 139 became the law, known as the ...

A recent California superior court decision held that merchandise credits not redeemable for cash are not subject to California Unclaimed Property Law. The court also held that these credits qualified ...

Real property that is not entitled to special exemption is valued at the base-year value determined under Proposition 13 guidelines, adjusted for inflation. As provided in Article XIIIA of the CA ...

Estate Planning During a Pending Divorce To protect the rights of each spouse during a dissolution or legal separation, and to preserve the financial status quo, Family Code § 2040 imposes Automatic ...

A Mom gets a call from a cross-country Emergency Room informing her that her 19-year old college student has been admitted. That’s all she is allowed to know. That’s all they are allowed to say. She ...

It is difficult to estimate with certainty how much it will cost to settle one’s estates or how quickly expenses and taxes must be paid. Insufficiency of cash can be created by a number of expenses, ...