Blog: Elder

It’s easy to confuse guardianships and conservatorships because the meaning of the terms varies from state to state. In some states, the term...

As the population ages, protecting our seniors from financial harm becomes increasingly important. Financial elder abuse in California refers to the...

As trust and estate litigation attorneys, we have been involved in many will and trust contests in which parents have disinherited one or more of...

In plain language, ademption is what occurs in the situation described in the title of this article: A will leaves a particular piece of real or...

A general conservatorship usually continues until the conserved person (called the “conservatee”) dies. Courts and conservatorship...

Most people know that a defendant in a criminal case has a Constitutional right to an attorney. Our clients are often surprised to learn that certain...