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How To Avoid Probate Court In California?

How To Avoid Probate Court In California?

The California probate process is designed to provide a legal and efficient method for determining how a deceased resident’s affairs are properly managed, in addition to ensuring his or her assets are distributed responsibly. At times, however, this legal undertaking can be long and tedious. The Stevenson Law Office, a Los Angeles firm specializing in …

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Changes to “Undue Influence” in the California Probate Code

As of January 1, 2014, the California Legislature updated Probate Code Section 86 and changed the definition of “undue influence” and how it operates, especially when dealing with the elderly population. In this article I will be discussing what the change to the law is, how it operates, and how undue influence may operate under …

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