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  • Number One Reason Why Living Trusts “Fail”

    From the desk of San Diego estate lawyer, Kristina Hess San Diegans, you may have heard that the only foolproof way to avoid your loved ones having to pass through the time consuming (think 1.5 years if no contests and everything runs smoothly), public, and expensive San Diego Probate Court process is to set up…

  • Don’t Wait Until You Are Stranded in Your Car Before Getting Your Affairs in Order

    From the Desk of San Diego Trust and Probate Attorney, Kristina Hess I heard this story on the radio this morning about a man in Montana who was stuck in his car for three days!  His car got stranded in a snow storm. Every hour he played 15 minutes of angry birds and ran his car’s…

  • San Diego Probate Court, Vista Probate Court Attorney … Help my mom just passed away

    From the desk of San Diego Probate Attorney, Kristina R. Hess… The unthinkable happens…. someone you love is gone well before what you thought was “their time.”  It happened to me.  My dad was 66 when he died suddenly on a fishing trip in Alaska. Sure, he was a “senior citizen” at that point, but…

  • San Diego Probate Court – How to Avoid Family Feuds and Money Drain

    From the Desk of San Diego Probate Attorney, Kristina Hess Recently I was sitting in San Diego Probate Court one morning listening to some probate sagas where family members were feuding about how a parent’s estate was to be administered… Aside from the family division caused by people fighting over who was going to administer…

  • Wow! $95 Million Judgment; $5 Million in Punitive Damages

    From the desk of Del Mar Estate Planning lawyer, Kristina Hess, preparing estate plans for all of San Diego County (and virtually throughout CA)… I was reading a recent appellate court decision regarding the appeal of a $95 million dollar judgment for Breach of Trust… This has to be one of the worst cases of…

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