Depends. Do you need someone to file paperwork, or has the family started hiding the silver? Probate starts with death and paperwork, and for a while that is all it is. Then somebody finds an old will in a desk drawer. A trustee stops returning calls. An account comes up light. A stepchild remembers a promise nobody else heard. By the time the lawyers show up, Thanksgiving has turned into a crime scene. For the first kind of case, Los Angeles has plenty of good probate lawyers built for … [Read more...] about Can You Recommend a Good Probate Attorney in Los Angeles?
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What an In Terrerem Clause Can Do for You
Estate Planning practitioners field questions regarding disinheriting beneficiaries regularly. The second question often relates to what happens when that beneficiary or any other tries to have the estate plan or portions thereof overturned. An “in terrorem” or “no contest” clause usually acts as a deterrent to such beneficiaries by completing divesting them of their inheritance should they choose to initiate a lawsuit. Read on to learn more … [Read more...] about What an In Terrerem Clause Can Do for You
