What happens when the Trustee of your parents’ Trust treats you poorly? Perhaps the Trustee does not return your phone calls, or he/she doesn’t give you copies of the Trust, or he/she refuses to provide you any information about the Trust assets. What is a trust beneficiary to do under these difficult circumstances? Albertson & […]
Let’s face it, lawyers have bad reputations, including being greedy opportunists, lazy, driving sports cars, and not really caring about their clients’ needs. I think part of that has to do with the surrounding circumstances—almost always bad—when it comes to hiring a lawyer. But our not so good reputations also come from not properly setting […]
I get calls every week from Bay Area Trust, Last Will, and Estate beneficiaries complaining that they can’t get their brother or sister, who is the Trustee and Executor of their parents’ estate plan, to provide copies of the parents’ estate plan after the parents have died. In response to these calls, I usually suggest […]
We’ve used the term “abused trust beneficiary” to define beneficiaries who are being mistreated by a Trustee or Executor of a Bay Area Trust or Will. Most abused trust beneficiaries feel helpless to respond to the poor treatment by Trustees and Executors. In the video below, I explain how you can hold Trustees and Executors […]
if you are settling your Bay Area Trust and Will case, there a few things you better be sure to include. After all, you want your settlement to end the case for once and all so you can move forward with peace of mind. Your peace of mind depends on these top three provisions: For […]
