Effective April 1, 2025, Assembly Bill 2016 (AB 2016) creates a new probate shortcut allowing primary residences in California, if certain conditions are met, to pass to the decedent’s ...

California’s probate process aims to expeditiously identify and resolve the claims of creditors against decedents. Creditors who are unsophisticated, or who simply do not learn of the decedent’s ...

Alejandro Hernandez, CEO of ARH Real Estate Group LLC, Expands Los Angeles Probate Real Estate Concierge Program for ...

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 many ...

As of this month, inheriting property just got a little easier in California—but only for a select few. Starting April 1, 2025, a new law significantly expanded the definition of so-called “small ...

California passed two laws over the summer, demonstrating its preference for incremental probate reform, which aims to streamline administration and make California a more hospitable jurisdiction for ...

Trust & Will Cody Barbo - Co-Founder of Trust & Will. Our mission is to make Estate Planning inclusive, accessible and affordable for all. In case you’re not already familiar, the probate system is a ...

The probate process gets a bad reputation, but it's the reality many families will face, and it's a process that can function well for some small estates. Probate is the court-supervised proceeding in ...