Estate Planning Videos

Does moving to another state affect your estate plan?
If you live in California and prepare a will or a trust and then move out of state, you may ...

What is not included in probate in California?
Well, there are several categories of assets that are not included in probate in California. The first category are assets ...

Is Probate Required for a Small Estate?
California defines a small estate as someone who passes away with less than $184,500 in his or her name on ...

Is Probate Public in California?
The answer is yes. Probate is a public proceeding in the Superior Court in California. What that means is that ...

Is probate necessary when there is only one beneficiary?
And the answer is it depends. If the beneficiary is the surviving spouse, then the surviving spouse may do what's ...

Do you need a probate case if the decedent did not own property when he or she passed away?
The answer in most cases is no. The purpose of probate is to make sure that property gets to the ...

What happens after a probate case is done in California?
One question I receive is what happens aftera probate case is done in California? Well, to get to the point ...

How does probate work if there is no will?
Now, probate if there is a will and probate if there is not a will are very similar to each ...

Is probate expensive in California?
And the short answer is yes, it is expensive in most cases relative to doing other types of estate planning ...

Can you contest a will after the probate case is done?
One question that I receive is can you contest a will after the probate case is done? And the short ...