Probate is a court-supervised process that validates a person’s will, settles debts, and distributes their estate after death. In California, the process typically takes 12 to 18 months and can ...

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 ...

California lets “small estates” below a certain value pass to a deceased person’s heirs without going through full-blown probate, which is a time consuming and costly court process.

Probate can turn into a nightmare for families, dragging out the distribution of an estate with long delays, steep costs, and ...

In California, fees are set by statute and ... Probate can be expensive and time-consuming, and the probate process is public. For these reasons, many individuals opt to create estate plans ...