Estate Planning to Avoid Probate and Other Undesirable Court Proceedings

ByJack Stephens

Could I save you $112,000? I was sitting in a San Diego Probate Court several months after taking the California Bar and waiting for the results. I was astounded at the fact that a piece of property owned by the Decedent was being assessed statutory probate fees based on its fair market value (f.m.v.) of…

Estate Planning 101

ByJack Stephens

Attention all procrastinators! We need to talk. There is something you have been putting off and don’t quite understand. Over the next thirteen weeks, we are going to be talking about Estate Planning. That’s right, the subject you’ve been postponing because it makes you face the reality of life, which includes aging, death and possibly,…