Petition for Probate of Will – Requesting that the probate court review and admit the decedent’s Last Will and Testament is the purpose of filing a petition for probate. In most cases, this petition will include specific information like the name of the proposed executor, the deceased person’s family members, and the intended beneficiaries.

After the death of a spouse, a spousal property petition can be used to transfer assets from the deceased spouse to the surviving spouse or domestic partner.  It is a simplified probate process and can take less to complete than proceeding with the full probate process.

Whether a property is included in a trust or not is a critical question that a probate court can solve.  In California, a Heggstad Petition is a court process initiate to request that the probate court declare a particular piece of property a trust asset, even if the title to that property was not formally transferred to the trust.

In cases where the value of the decedent’s interest in real property falls under a certain amount, we are able to proceed with a summary probate process. 

We help to protect the rights of an heir or beneficiary to their inheritance.