Will You Need to Hire a Probate Lawyer? The probate process can be a complicated prospect, with many steps that can involve everything from identifying assets to filling out legal forms and making appearances in probate court. Your first inclination, and indeed the first piece of advice given to executors, is usually to hire a […]
A Step-by-Step Guide to What Happens During Probate
A Step-By-Step Guide to What Happens During Probate When an individual dies, his or her estate will have to be put through a multi-step process called probate. This is the court’s way of authenticating their last will and testament, provided one was created, and ensuring that their assets are distributed among their heirs per their […]
What We Learned From Kobe Bryant’s Estate Plan
Kobe Bryant’s Widow, Vanessa Bryant, Asks Judge to Amend Kobe’s Trust Vanessa Bryant has filed legal documents with the Los Angeles County probate court asking to amend Kobe Bryant’s trust. Although Kobe almost assuredly had a well-crafted estate plan, it failed to add the couple’s nine-month-old child, Capri, to the trust documents. According to […]