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A family’s wealth often sits inside a single revocable living trust, the home, the investment accounts, sometimes a business. Then the settlor dies, and the

A parent dies, and within days a will surfaces that no one in the family has seen before. It leaves the house, the accounts, and

Your mother passes away and leaves the family home in equal shares to you and your two siblings. One sibling wants to sell immediately. Another

You are grieving. The last thing on your mind is a legal deadline. But in California, the deadlines in probate and estate law do not

Your parents spent a lifetime building something. A home in San Diego. A small business in Orange County. A portfolio of rental properties scattered across

When a California settlor dies with unpaid debts, the trust does not protect against them. Creditors can pursue the assets held in the trust, and