How to Probate an Estate in California (How to Probate An Estate in California, 12th ed) - Softcover

Nissley, Julia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873376153 ISBN 13: 9780873376150

Publisher: Nolo, 2001

Synopsis

Handle probate yourself - and save time and money

When you've lost a loved one, the inevitable legal matters can seem difficult and confusing. But in most cases, probate involves little more than routine paperwork to transfer assets to family members and other beneficiaries.

How to Probate an Estate in California explains, step-by-step, how to wrap up a basic estate. Whether you do it yourself or work with a lawyer, you'll save money and time.

With this easy-to-follow guide, you'll learn how to:

• read and understand a will or trust
• determine who inherits if there is no will
• pay bills and taxes
• complete and file all necessary court paperwork
• collect life insurance and other death benefits
• transfer real estate, securities, vehicles, and other assets to heirs and beneficiaries
• transfer some assets without probate
  

Even if you hire a lawyer to do some of the paperwork, this book demystifies the process so that you can make informed decisions and communicate intelligently with the attorney about the estate--and save cash in the process. Why pay a lawyer over $15,000 to probate a $500,000 estate, when you can do much of it on your own?

Every page of this new edition has been reviewed and revised by a practicing probate lawyer. It provides fresh and accurate information about probating an estate in California.

About this title

About the Author:

Julia Nissley was the cherished author of How to Probate an Estate in California. She wrote the book while working as a probate administrator with the Los Angeles law firm of Silverberg, Rosen, Leon & Behr. She later opened her own probate-form preparation service, and for the next 25 years helped hundreds of families probate California estates. During that time, she also kept her book meticulously up-to-date. Julia Nissley passed away in late 2015, after finishing her work on the 23nd edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Nolo
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0873376153
• ISBN 13: 9780873376150
• Binding: Paperback