Category Archives: Conservatorship

Your Family Tree: Due Process in Estate Administration, Trust Administration, and Conservatorships

Conservatorship, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Family, Probate, Trust Administration

Due process and California law requires that your closest blood relatives* be notified by the person in charge of your estate if you died or became incompetent in each of these California contexts: If probate is required because you died without a will, your administrator must notify your heirs, as your heirs are those who … Continue reading Your Family Tree: Due Process in Estate Administration, Trust Administration, and Conservatorships →

Who Will Be in Charge of Your Estate if You Have No Will or Trust?

Conservatorship, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Probate

California law states who has priority to serve as administrator of your probate estate if you died without a will and with a California estate large enough to require a California probate. Specifically, a person in the following relation to the decedent is entitled to appointment as the California administrator in the following order of priority: … Continue reading Who Will Be in Charge of Your Estate if You Have No Will or Trust? →

What is “Elder Law” anyway?

Conservatorship, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Living Trust, Powers of Attorney

Elder Law encompasses counseling, planning, and document preparation for the following: Who will be your legal health care advocate if you cannot speak for yourself? What are your wishes for the type of care you do and do not want? Who will manage your financial affairs if you are incapacitated — and what rules do … Continue reading What is “Elder Law” anyway? →

Your family tree: its due process importance in estate administration, trust administration, and conservatorships

Conservatorship, Elder Law, Family, Probate, Trust Administration

Due process and California law requires that your closest blood relatives* be notified by the person in charge of your estate if you died or became incompetent in each of these California contexts: If probate is required because you died without a will, your administrator must notify your heirs*, as your heirs are those who … Continue reading Your family tree: its due process importance in estate administration, trust administration, and conservatorships →

Who will be in charge of your estate if you have no will or trust?

Conservatorship, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Probate

California law states who has priority to serve as administrator of your probate estate if you died without a will and with a California estate large enough to require a California probate. Specifically, a person in the following relation to the decedent is entitled to appointment as the California administrator in the following order of priority: … Continue reading Who will be in charge of your estate if you have no will or trust? →