Trust & Estate Litigation Advisory
Requiring In-Home Caregivers to Obtain Permits
Trust & Estate Litigation Advisory for 8/22/2012 Full Story
An Order Compelling an Accounting is Not Appealable, Unless It Expressly or Implicitly Decides Other Issues That Could be the Subject of an Appealable Order
Trust & Estate Litigation Advisory for 7/12/12 Full Story
Proving a Negative: Redacting Confidential Financial Information in Elder Abuse Actions
Trust & Estate Litigation Advisory for 6/21/2012 Full Story
A Trust is Not an Entity, it is a Relationship
Trust & Estate Litigation Advisory for 6/7/2012 Full Story
Surviving Omitted Spouses Can Be Sued for Elder Abuse of the Decedent Spouse
Trust & Estate Litigation Advisory for 5/24/2012 Full Story
California Recognizes Intentional Interference with an Expected Inheritance as a Valid Cause of Action
Trust & Estate Litigation Advisory for 5/8/2012 Full Story
Temporary Conservators May Recover Attorney’s Fees and Costs Even Where No Permanent Conservatorship Results
Trust & Estate Litigation Advisory for 4/26/2012 Full Story
A Trustee May Still be Liable to Remainder Beneficiaries for Conduct Occurring During a Settlor’s Lifetime
Trust & Estate Litigation Advisory for 4/12/2012 Full Story
Omissions Are [Still] Not Ambiguous
Trust & Estate Litigation Advisory for 2/29/2012 Full Story
Accord and Satisfaction is Not Available to Trustees, Since They Cannot Seek Exoneration From Liability as a Condition of Making a Distribution
Trust & Estate Litigation Advisory for 7/12/2011 Full Story
Personal Representative May Be Entitled to an Interim Award of Attorney’s Fees as an Assistant to the Court
Trust & Estate Litigation Advisory for 6/10/2011 Full Story
Beneficiaries Cannot Be Bound by an Arbitration Provision in a Trust
Trust & Estate Litigation Advisory for 5/16/2011 Full Story
McMackin v. Ehrheart — Delaying the Opening of Probate Might Result in Equitable Estoppel
Trust & Estate Litigation Advisory for 4/19/2011 Full Story
General Assignment of Personal Property Need Not Specify Shares to Effectively Transfer Stock to a Trust
Trust & Estate Litigation Advisory for 4/12/2011 Full Story
Prohibited Transferees Will Try Anything
Trust & Estate Litigation Advisory for 3/29/2011 Full Story
Proving Registration of Payable on Death (“POD”) Accounts
Trust & Estate Litigation Advisory for 3/25/2011 Full Story
Wills Without Witnesses Can Now be Upheld as Valid and an Act of Nature is Recognized as Revocation
Trust & Estate Litigation Advisory for 3/14/2011 Full Story
Claims by a Surviving Domestic Partner Based on Homemaking Services Provided, Qualify for Estate Tax Deduction
Trust & Estate Litigation Advisory for 2/28/2011 Full Story
Challenging the Reasonableness of your Opponent’s Attorney’s Fees May Place the Amount of Your Own Fees in Question
Trust & Estate Litigation Advisory for 2/23/2011 Full Story
Only Those Whose Interest in an Estate is Affected Have Standing to Bring a Claim for Financial Elder Abuse on Behalf of a Decedent
Trust & Estate Litigation Advisory for 2/8/2011 Full Story
Slaves to Our Children: Passing the Family Business to Children Can Deprive Your Co-Founding Spouse of Trust Income
Trust & Estate Litigation Advisory for 2/3/2011 Full Story
Litigating on the Civil Side, Instead of in Probate, Could Result in Waiving a Claim for Attorney’s Fees
Trust & Estate Litigation Advisory for 7/5/2010 Full Story