Fighting For Your Inheritance
Fighting For Your Inheritance
Fraud! Sounds scary and it can be used to overturn a California Trust and Will, provided that you have the right set of facts. In this video, Albertson & Davidson describe using the concept of fraud to overturn a California Trust or Will.
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The method for amending a Trust may not be the same as the method for revoking a Trust–what’s the difference? In this video, Stewart Albertson discusses the difference between the two.
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In this video, I discuss the basics of whether a Trustee can evict a Trust beneficiary or a Co-Trustee from Trust real property. Albertson & Davidson, LLP has the experience and skills to successfully navigate this for you. Call us today at 909-466-1711.
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Have you ever had someone promise to leave you something at their death in return for you taking care of that person? You may have a contract to make a Will, which is enforceable in California. In this video, Stewart Albertson discusses the way in which you can enforce a contract to make a Will…
I get calls every week from California Trust, Last Will, and Estate beneficiaries complaining that they can’t get their brother or sister, who is the Trustee and Executor of their parents’ estate plan, to provide copies of the parents’ estate plan after the parents have died.
I usually suggest the following. First, send a letter…
After years of fighting the urge I purchased a BMW R1200GS. Since my purchase, I can’t stop riding my GS. I look for any excuse to go for a ride. Deposition in Los Angeles? No problem—I get to and from LA in just over an hour each way. Need Dog Food? No problem—I just strap…
There are times when people try to implement an estate plan, but things go awry. And that can happen when an attorney makes a mistake in drafting a California Trust or Will resulting in legal malpractice.
Bringing and prosecuting a legal malpractice case against an attorney who improperly drafted a California Living Trust or Will…
From time to time we have clients come to our office upset that the attorney who drafted their parents’ California estate plan (i.e., living trust, will, and durable powers of attorney) got it wrong or perhaps failed to properly implement the parents’ estate plan.
In a recent case we handled an attorney drafted an amendment…
At the end of every case—whether it’s settled or by way of judgment after a trial—I ask the opposing attorney to sit down with me to do a full review of the case. All issues in the case are open for discussion, except for attorney-client communications or any other privileged matters.
The purpose of the…
After making the decision to take all of my cases to trial in 2011, here are the important lessons I learned as a plaintiff’s and estate trial attorney:
1. Taking each of your cases to trial generally works in your client’s favor.
Defense attorneys (and their clients) will offer your clients pennies on the dollar…
