Blog Posts in Non-Probate Transfers

For the last portion of our blog on payable on death or totten trust accounts (a form of trust in the U.S. in which a settlor places money in a bank account or security with instructions that upon the ...

To continue our blog on the Estate of Gardner, the guardian of the Decedent's daughter (on behalf of her daughter ) filed an opposition to the petitioner's and appellant's petition in February 2009. ...

In Flowers v. Dancy, the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's ruling and central finding that Andre is prohibited from attacking the forged deed to McIntyre due to the unclean hands doctrine. ...

The unclean hands doctrine, sometimes referred to as the clean hands doctrine, is a principle in which a party who acted unethically or in bad faith in his or her prior conduct with respect to the ...

Most people are eager to avoid a formal probate process. Certainly, there is motivation to avoid the process of distributing property to loved ones through the courts if possible. One way to avoid ...

In August of 2010, the California Court of Appeals reviewed non-probate transfers in relation to the Uniform Transfer on Death ("TOD") Act, section 5500. The Court of Appeals determined whether parol ...