About California Estate Planning

What If You’re Single and Don’t Have Children? Who Are Your Beneficiaries?
Estate planning can seem fairly simple when you have children to leave your estate to. But what if you don’t have obvious beneficiaries? These days, many singles are planning to ...
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What Constitutes a Legal Will in California? – 10 Simple Guidelines
Every state has its own specific rules about what makes a will legal or valid. The probate code in California establishes the requirements for creating a Last Will and Testament ...
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Applying for VA Aid and Attendance Pension
The Aid and Attendance Pension is a type of monthly financial assistance for qualified veterans or their surviving spouses to pay for the cost of elderly care, e.g. meals, medication, ...
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Applying for Housebound VA Pension
Defining Housebound PensionHousebound pension is an enhanced monthly benefit for veterans who are confined in their residence due to permanent disability. Housebound veterans also include those who are confined in ...
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What Does it mean to be a Conservator?
You have been assigned as a conservator of a person or estate – now what? How is the role defined? What does it do? What are the expectations? These are ...
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Applying for VA Pension as a Retired Veteran
Many of our veterans don’t know that they are entitled to claim VA pension benefits when they turn 65 years old. And that they do not have to be disabled ...
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Guide to Long Term Care Benefits For Veterans
Only a small number of US wartime veterans are benefitting from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) “Aid and Attendance” pension program. More than one third of Americans over the ...
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Who Are The Legal Heirs in California’s Intestate Succession Law?
Heirs are individuals who are entitled by law to inherit a portion or the entire estate of a person who died “intestate”, meaning, someone who passed away without establishing a ...
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Should You Invest In Life Insurance For Your Child?
Typically, investing in life insurance for a child is not recommended. Life insurance is essentially a form of financial protection for dependents when the bread winner dies. And since the ...
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10 Reasons Why You Need a Last Will and Testament
Writing a last will and testament is hard because it forces us to confront the certainty of death. But if you don't have a will (or some other strategy for ...
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