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“Putting all my assets in joint tenancy avoids probate.” Maybe, but there are potential problems with using joint tenancy as a ...

As a probate lawyer in Los Angeles , I am hired from time to time to handle the estate of a Los Angeles resident who dies without ...

In California, you can make a will in one of three ways: A statutory will . California law provides for a will which simply ...

When opening a California probate (in Los Angeles Superior Court, for example) believing that the will is lost, there’s a ...

When a Californian who owns a business dies and creates a probate estate , the business owner’s affairs must be sorted out and ...

Among a California notary public’s various roles, one is to serve as an officer that authenticates the signing of important legal ...