How to Probate an Estate in California

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If you need to wrap up the affairs of a deceased family member or friend in California, you can save attorney fees by handling the probate process yourself.

How to Probate an Estate in California supplies all the instructions, explanations and support you need. You may even be able to handle the whole process by mail, without setting foot in the courthouse. Learn how to: read a will determine who inherits property if there is no will handle probate paperwork collect life insurance and other benefits pay bills and taxes distribute property left through trusts
The 14th edition is completely revised to provide the latest estate tax laws, and discusses changes in the rules on how IRA beneficiaries can withdraw money. It also covers the inheritance rights of registered domestic partners (as of July 1, 2003), and how to transfer survivorship community property to the surviving spouse.

About the Author
Julia Nissley was Probate Administrator with the Los Angeles law firm of Silverberg, Rosen, Leon & Behr for many years. She is an honors graduate of the Attorney Assistant Training Program in Probate Administration at the University of California Los Angeles School of Law, and a member of the UCLA Attorney Assistant Alumni Association and the Los Angeles Paralegals Association. Julia is a native Californian and enjoys playing tennis and riding trains with her husband, Ron. Author of How to Probate an Estate, Julia now operates her own probate typing service for all California counties, handling all kinds of probate paperwork through the mail or in person.

SYNOPSIS

If you need to wrap up the affairs of a deceased family member or friend in California, you can save attorney fees by handling the probate process yourself.

How to Probate an Estate in California supplies all the instructions, explanations and support you need. You may even be able to handle the whole process by mail, without setting foot in the courthouse.

Learn how to:
read a will determine who inherits property if there is no will handle probate paperwork collect life insurance and other benefits pay bills and taxes distribute property left through trusts

How to Probate an Estate in California includes all the necessary forms and step-by-step instructions. The 13th edition is completely revised to cover the latest estate tax laws, a new form of property ownership called "community property with right of survivorship," and how the latest court cases affect updating beneficiaries after divorce.

About the Author

Julia Nissley was Probate Administrator with the Los Angeles law firm of Silverberg, Rosen, Leon & Behr for many years. She is an honors graduate of the Attorney Assistant Training Program in Probate Administration at the University of California Los Angeles School of Law, and a member of the UCLA Attorney Assistant Alumni Association and the Los Angeles Paralegals Association. Julia is a native Californian and enjoys playing tennis and riding trains with her husband, Ron. Author of How to Probate an Estate, Julia now operates her own probate typing service for all California counties, handling all kinds of probate paperwork through the mail or in person.

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