You see the pattern — through an agreement with the company holding the asset, you have provided for disposition of the asset ...

In a groundbreaking decision that could reshape the landscape of California estate law, the Court of Appeal in the Second District Division Four has ruled in favor of trustee David Henry Simon, ...

In Gaddy v. Fenenbock (In re Est. of Fenenbock), a probate court entered an order directing the independent executor of an estate to make a partial distribution of assets from the residuary clause in ...

Estate planning professionals and families face significant challenges when dividing tangible personal property—artwork, jewelry, family heirlooms, and collectibles—among multiple heirs. Traditional ...

Probate is a legal procedure through which a deceased individual's estate is administered and distributed. The probate process commences when the deceased individual's representative, known as the ...

Tangible personal property – that is, property (other than land or buildings) that you can see or touch – is a special asset class in many estates. A client’s tangibles include their jewelry, clothing ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

When you are deep in the day-to-day of life, the thought of planning for your eventual death is probably not top of mind. In fact, said Fidelity, "roughly half of Americans don't have a will, and even ...