Probate – What It Is and How It Works

Article, Civil Litigation, Estate Planning

Probate – What It Is and How It Works What is Probate? Probate is a necessary court mandated legal process that takes place after someone dies (with a Will) or intestate (without a Will). In California if the value of the estate is in excess of $166,250, then a...

Use of Requests for Admissions and Requests for Genuineness of Documents

Article, Civil Litigation

Use of Requests for Admissions and Requests for Genuineness of Documents A sometimes underused discovery tool is Code of Civil Procedure §§2033.010 et seq., otherwise known as Requests for Admissions (RFA) and Requests for Genuineness of Documents. How Many May Be...

Property Owner Liability for Third Party Criminal Act – Reasonably Foreseeable?

Article, Civil Litigation

Property Owner Liability for Third Party Criminal Act – Reasonably Foreseeable? Imagine you own a strip mall property – you have tenants who own various businesses on the property, perhaps a nail salon, a liquor store, a small gym, a bike store, and an...

Say Goodbye To (Most Of) The Reassessment Exclusion for Parent-To-Child Transfers of California Real Property

Article, Estate Planning

Say Goodbye To (Most Of) The Reassessment Exclusion For Parent-To-Child Transfers Of California Real Property Proposition 19 seeks to wipe out significant portions of the Parent to Child Transfer Exclusion. This is an important development in the evolution of...

Probate – What It Is and How It Works

Use of Requests for Admissions and Requests for Genuineness of Documents

Property Owner Liability for Third Party Criminal Act – Reasonably Foreseeable?

Say Goodbye To (Most Of) The Reassessment Exclusion for Parent-To-Child Transfers of California Real Property

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