Q. If I die without a will, do my assets go to the state? A. Generally, no. The state would be the last potential recipient, and then only if your successors or next of kin could not be located. Here is how your assets would be handled under California law: Joint Tenancy Assets: Assets held… Read More »
Monthly Archives: July 2020
Signing Legal Documents in the Time of COVID
Q. We recently engaged you to assist my elderly mother to update and revise her estate planning documents, all while she was a patient in a skilled nursing facility under “lockdown” due to the COVID Pandemic. I appreciate that you were successful, but wonder how you were able to deal with the COVID issues that… Read More »