When grandma went to a nursing home in Los Angeles, the last thing her children thought of was how to end nursing home bullying faced by the elder grandma. Unfortunately, when it comes to social gatherings, even in senior settings, there are bullies who try to become the alpha in
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What is the Public Guardian and What does it do in Los Angeles? The office of the Public Guardian is an arm of the local County government which handles cases such as conservatorships for the elderly and disabled. Its function is to protect the public by guarding the person and
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How do you know when to hire a probate expert in your probate case? You should hire someone with more than 25 years of probate experience when there are disputes among family members as to how to handle the assets of the estate. Complications can arise in sales of probate
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SPOUSE AND DOMESTIC PARTNER DEFINITIONS RELATED TO CALIFORNIA PROBATE California Probate Code 72 provides that Spouse also includes a domestic partner under the Probate Code. “Spouse” includes domestic partner, as defined in Section 37 of this code, as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code. (Added by Stats. 2016,
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YOUR RIGHT AS A DOMESTIC PARTNER IN CALIFORNIA PROBATE ESTATES AND TRUSTS In order for a California Domestic Partner to have rights in the probate estate and trust of his or her partner, certain requirements have to be met. First, we have to determine if a Domestic Partner status is
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There are several ways that a trustee’s fees are determined in California. Probate Code Section 15680 states that if the trust instruments sets the compensation or fees for the trustee, then the trustee is entitled to the compensation rate that is set in the trust. Most trusts in California state
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Trusts A county does not obtain a cognizable legal interest in a criminal defendant’s property just because a prosecutor recorded a lis pendens against the property and secured a restraining order to prevent the transfer of the property prior to obtaining a restitution order. Integrated Lender Services v. County of
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PROBATE EXPERT Our law firm’s probate attorneys have provided expert probate services in Los Angeles since 1993. We pride ourselves in excelling in quick resolution of probate and estate disputes. Some cases require specialist care in probate. The issues that estates face vary from intersections of probate and civil law,
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What to do when your Ex-Spouse will not let you see your special needs child? When your ex-spouse uses your special needs child to get revenge, there are remedies outside of the family court which allow the other parent to visit and interact with the special needs adult child.
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LosAngelesProbateAttorney – Visualize that you are a beneficiary of a will. As you can imagine, many issues may come up in the administration of an estate in Los Angeles. Probate is a court procedure, full of deadlines. There are deadlines for filing an inventory, for accountings, and notices to creditors.
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