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  • What Happens if Someone Dies Without Funding Their Trust?

    Heggstad Petitions and Probate Code 850 From the Desk of San Diego Probate Lawyer, Kristina R. Hess Research and writing by Klint LeBlang Real Property and the California Heggstad Petition A revocable living trust provides an excellent estate planning tool regardless of an individual’s total assets and liabilities. This is based on a variety of…

  • San Diego Probate Lawyer – How to Prepare the Executor of Your Estate

    From the Desk of Probate Attorney, San Diego, Kristina R. Hess As you put together your will or trust, you should also take time to learn how the administration process works. Once you are no longer here, the persons you choose to manage your Trust (your Trustees) or the Executor of your Will will have…

  • San Diego Probate Attorney: How to Locate Assets After a Loved One’s Death

    From the desk of San Diego Probate Lawyer, Kristina R. Hess… As an estate planning lawyer, I’m often charged with helping clients through the probate process after the death of a loved one.   However, it’s the job of a probate lawyer to educate them and un-complicate their role as the potential executor of an…

  • California Probate Court Process – The 3 Evils of Probate

    From the desk of San Diego Probate Lawyer, Kristina R. Hess: Greetings Californians!  Check out my new video on the California Probate Court Process — and the unfortunate 3 evils that go along with the process. I am very sorry if you have had a loved one pass away with no estate plan or only…

  • What Realtors and other San Diego Professionals Need to Know About Probate

    What You Need to Know About Probate A Guide for Professionals By Kristina R. Hess, San Diego Probate Attorney and Counselor at Law Scenario I:  Real Property Owner Dies Without a Living Trust (and no survivorship on title).  The estate must go through Probate before the property can be sold.  There are 3 big evils…

  • How You Ended Up In Probate Court!?

    From the desk of San Diego Probate Attorney, Kristina R. Hess Yes, you thought your mother/father had done everything right!  They set up a revocable living trust while they were alive.  They transferred their house and rental property to the Trust…. brokerage account, maybe a bank account or two… Yet, they forgot something. Retirement accounts…

  • California Probate Court Process: San Diego Probate Court Contests Decedents Will

    From the desk of San Diego Trust Attorney and Probate Attorney, Kristina Hess (with research and contribution by Klint Leblang) Useful Information Regarding the Probate Process (third post in Probate series)… Probate is the process when a court supervises the transfer of legal title of property from the estate of the person who has died, known…

  • San Diego Probate Court Process, Part II: The Personal Representative And Her Administration Of The Estate

    From the desk of San Diego Probate and Trust Attorney, Kristina R. Hess With Contribution and Research by Klint LeBlang The Personal Representative The person named as executor in the Will will usually be appointed the personal representative.  The personal representative is responsible for managing the estate and following both the probate Rules of Court…

  • San Diego Probate Court and the Probate Process

    From the desk of San Diego Probate Attorney, Kristina Hess With contribution by Klint LeBlang Overview on Probate Probate can be a long and lengthy process costing your family thousands of dollars.  Currently, San Diego has only two probate judges who handle all the probate court matters.  This can cause probate to take up to…

  • Intentional Interference with Expected Inheritance in California

    Probate Avoidance From the desk of San Diego Estate Planning Attorney, Kristina R. Hess With Research and Contribution by Klint LeBlang The California courts have added a new tort to the legal system that may affect you and your inheritance. The tort is intentional interference with expected inheritance or IIEI. Although its reach is relatively…

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