Brian Kabateck, left, and Stephanie Charlin, right. The death of a defendant before a lawsuit is filed or during the pendency of a lawsuit creates very complex issues and is procedurally taxing for ...

The probate process gets a bad reputation, but it's the reality many families will face, and it's a process that can function well for some small estates. Probate is the court-supervised proceeding in ...

Many California will and trust disputes arise from ambiguity in the document with respect to who is entitled to an asset. Maybe the document was hazy from the start or perhaps circumstances have ...