Camarillo Estate Law And Real Estate Law Blog
How can I avoid issues with my family and estate?
Family dynamics play a large role in estate planning. You need to ensure your family is on the same page when it comes to your California estate. If you do not, your estate may end up in probate for quite some time while your family argues over the details. That is...
Depression and creating an estate plan
Setting up an estate plan can be a huge relief for many people, and some are excited to take care of this important issue. However, others may have a hard time during the estate planning process due to emotional issues they are working through. In some instances,...
How do I start my estate plan?
Estate planning is one of those topics that people tend to avoid. They do not like thinking about their ultimate demise. However, it is also a topic that requires some thought and consideration now before it is too late. Having that initiative to start your California...
Handling neighbor issues in an HOA community
If you live in a community with a homeowner's association, you already know that this organization handles maintenance, bylaws and other rules and regulations of the neighborhood. An HOA may have jurisdiction over everything from what color you paint your front door...
4 things your HOA cannot do
Hardly a day goes by when there is not a homeowners association story in a newspaper somewhere in California. Even though some stories involve petty disputes, others are quite serious. While your HOA enjoys wide latitude to regulate the community, there seems to be a...
How can you prevent family squabbles from interfering with your estate plan?
Part of the estate planning process is ensuring that when you die your heirs will accept your decisions. This will avoid issues with contesting the plan in a California court or hold ups during probate. However, it is not always easy to ensure things will run...
Do all California estates go to probate?
After the death of a loved one, some of your concerns may shift to what must be done to settle his or her affairs. For many, the prospect of going through probate in California can seem daunting and may only further add to their stresses during an already difficult...
Making health care decisions when you cannot speak for yourself
Especially if you are young and in good health, it can be difficult to imagine a time when incapacity might prevent you from caring or speaking for yourself. However, age, serious illness or injury, or other such factors, may at some point leave you unable to make...
What if property needs to be sold during probate?
When your family member was drafting a will and asked to designate you as the executor of his or her estate, it may have seemed like an honor. Now that you are taking care of your duties according to the instructions of the will, you may be realizing that there is a...
How small estate affidavits work in California
Not every estate needs to go through a lengthy probate process. If an estate is valued at a small enough amount, California residents who are heirs or beneficiaries can inherit the property or assets of a deceased relative by filing a small estate affidavit for...
