An important part of end-of-life preparation or just future planning is creating a will. A will is a document that dictates what your final intentions are regarding your assets and property. (Estate of Lopes (1984) 152 Cal.App.3d 302, 305.) Because of how a will determines inheritance and any future interest people may have in your…
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An order determining succession to real property is an alternative petition to get a court order transferring the property. (Prob. Code § 13154.) If the estate is small enough, and a successor to the decedent has proof that they are entitled to a certain piece of property, then they may use this process to become…
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