Taxation & Estate Planning

Does a Divorce Have An Effect On My Estate Plan
Absolutely. If you are divorced, you must revisit your estate plan. A change in marital status can lead a formerly sound estate plan to cause numerous unintended consequences. If your divorce attorney does not specialize in estate planning, ask him or her for a referral to one...

Is sharing your estate plan with your family a good idea
Should your estate plan remain private while you are alive? It's nobody's business but yours, right? Or, should you share your estate plan with your family members so they know what's coming down the road once you buy the farm?...

Do I Need an Estate Planning Attorney
If you care about who inherits your assets, your future healthcare should you become incapacitated, or avoiding the hassles of a probate court, then you should have an estate plan. An estate plan is no longer reserved for the wealthy...

Contest precluded if court approves conservator suggested estate plan
On June 26, 2008, a California appellate court ruled in Murphy v. Murphy that when a conservator seeks court approval of an estate plan, while the subject is living, any challenge to the will must be raised at that hearing-...

Even Estate Planning Attorneys Have An Estate Plan
One of the key mantras in life is to do for yourself what you advise others to do. So, if you meet with a financial advisor with young kids who is pushing an education (Coverdell) IRA, 529 savings plan or...

8 Tips When Developing Your Estate Plan
You've spent years growing your wealth and building your estate, so it is just good sense to plan to protect your assets and pass them on to your beneficiaries according to your wishes...

Real Estate Brokers
Questions home sellers should ask potential brokers

Real Estate Brokers
The role brokersplay

Estate Planning
Documents: durable power of attorney, living will, letter of instruction, and insurance trust

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Traditional and Roth 401Ks
Selecting the right Retirement Plan

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Estate Planners Face Elder Abuse Class Action
California Estate Planners Face Elder Abuse Class Action

Wrestler Estate
Family of pro wrestler settle multi million dollar estate lawsuit.

Estate of Seth Tobias
$25 million estate to be split as part of settlement.

California Labor Laws
alleged violations of California labor laws such as overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.

Killer Heir
Estate of Fred Keller pays $40 million settlement.

Nortel
faces class action over changes to employee pension plan