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A bank account for the estate of a California resident who passed away promotes transparency as the executor, also known as the personal representative, settles an estate's final affairs. The account keeps the income and expenses for the estate separate and produces a...
Estate plans are helpful, but they won’t always be enough to avoid California probate altogether. There are certain rules and restrictions that mean certain assets or whole estates are legally required to go through probate. What assets have to go through probate?...
A previous post on this blog discussed the fact that there has been considerable controversy surrounding the estate of Aretha Franklin, the world-famous singer who died about this time last year. As that previous post stated, some family members have questioned the...
The battle over the famous rhythm and blues singer Aretha Franklin's estate is continuing. The latest move involved one of Ms. Franklin's sons asking the court hearing the case to be appointed personal representative, helping and then eventually replacing Ms....
Even when everyone is getting along within a family, going through the administration of an estate in probate court can be a long and stressful process. In all significant probate cases, there will be paperwork and other legal obligations that the designated personal...
While some in the world of law treat probate as a kind of a dirty word that inevitably spells years of time, money and emotional heartache, the term actually refers to the process of distributing a person's property after he or she dies. For a lot of historical and...