Blog Posts About Elder Law

How do you protect a parent who you think is being abused by the Trustee of a revocable trust or some other bad actor?  You might think that your parent lacks capacity to manage their own financial affairs, or perhaps you think they are subject to undue influence and being…

Who should be notified when Probate begins in California and whose duty is it to notify them? Under California law, the entire world must be notified when probate begins in California, and it is the named executor’s job to do so, or the person filing to open probate.  But how…

This is an important question that can be difficult to answer in a single article.  There are a long list of duties that Executor’s have  under California law, but they can be summed up using the categories below:   1.  Take control of estate assets and properly manage them. The…

It can be nearly impossible to help a parent plan his or her estate when dementia exists. The problem with dementia is that is qualifies as the type of mental defect that could cause the person to lack the necessary capacity to create a Trust or Will. The first issue…