Blog Posts in July, 2010

California defines what evidence must be shown whenever you are seeking to prove that a person lacks capacity to make a decision such as update their will or draft a new will. However, what type of ...

Obtaining Life Insurance coverage is often a part of the estate planning process. If you have multiple life insurance policies you may want to consider a Life Insurance Trust. a life insurance trust ...

When someone passes away, one headache you may not expect is dealing with the creditors of their estate. You may have been unaware of what debts the decedent had accrued during their lifetime. In ...

Many people who seek out estate planning attorneys do so to reduce their estate taxes and to avoid having to put their property through the probate process. The most commonly used method to avoid the ...

California is a Community Property state which means that the spouses must divide all community property equally. California defines community property as "All property acquired during marriage and ...

Many people are not quite sure what it means to hold property in "joint tenancy." You may hold real property (real estate) and personal property like bank accounts, cars or investments in joint ...