When a person dies, the decedent’s loved ones must deal with the decedent’s property. The first question the decedent’s family members need to ask is: did the decedent have an estate plan in the form of a Will or a Trust?
If the decedent did have an estate plan, the terms of the Will or
Entering the world of Wills, Trusts and probate can be confusing. One of the first questions people often ask is: what is the difference between a Trustee and an Executor? To put it simply, a Trustee is the person who oversees a Trust, while an Executor is the person who oversees a Will, which often
Generally speaking, inheritance is not subject to tax in California. If you are a beneficiary, you will not have to pay tax on your inheritance. There are a few exceptions, such as the Federal estate tax. However, an estate must exceed $11.58 million dollars per person in 2020 to be subject to estate tax
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Hi, this is Stewart Albertson with Albertson & Davidson and I want to talk to you about one of more difficult set of cases we come across and I call these the “Difficult Don’t Miss Undue Influence Cases”. Let me say
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Hi, this is Stewart Albertson with Albertson & Davidson and I want to talk to you about undue influence cases. What makes a good undue influence case and what makes a not-so-good undue influence case? And let me just set this
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Hi, this is Keith Davidson at Albertson & Davidson. And in this video, I want to discuss step-parents. And I don’t mean to disparage step-parents, there’s a lot of very good step-parent and step-child relationships out there. But, there’s also some
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This is Keith A. Davidson from Albertson and Davidson. In this video, I want to talk to you about the differences between Wills and Trusts. A lot of times people think that Wills and Trusts are the same thing, that they’re
Is an oral promise to make a will or trust enforceable under California law? Contrary to what many believe, California law provides 
for the enforcement of oral promises to make a will or trust.
How does the promise to make a will or trust arise? Generally, a parent orally promises a child, a friend, or
Did you know that there are situations where you could revoke your Will without meaning to do so? In this video I discuss the unintened Will revocation:
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Another year is in the books, and on the web for us thanks to our blog. We wrote quite a few articles again this year, but there are a few stand-outs among them. The following list represents our twelve most popular articles (and our personal favorites too):
