California Landlords, especially those who are middle-income America, rejoice, because they now can remove nonpaying tenants.
Transferring Property by Affidavit of Death
To transfer real property, one needs a deed, but occasionally, the owner of the property has already been named on a recorded deed. What the…
Reduce the Cost of Administration with a Spousal Property Petition
If your spouse or domestic partner passed away, use this trick to reduce the cost of probate or avoid probate altogether. Use a Spousal Property…
In what county do I hire a Probate Attorney?
The legal term for “where” a probate action occurs is called the “venue.” So, what is the proper venue for your probate action? Yesterday was…
Creative Problem Solving in Probate Sales
Leah Nelson is a Bakersfield Realtor with a special certification: Probate & Trust Specialist. We ate lunch at Sequoia Sandwich Company and discussed our experiences in…
Elder abuse is not always easy to identify
I’m a law clerk, and I spend 80% of my day working on Probate and Estate Planning matters. (Estate Planning is the way people avoid…
California Sides with Nonpaying Tenants, again.
California did it again! In the last days before the end of the “covered time period” of the COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act, they pushed it…
Can a school punish students for snapchat posts?
On June 23rd, the Supreme Court published its opinion in Mahoney Area School District v. B.L. (2021) No. 20–255. At issue in this case: the…
NFT’s don’t actually track ownership
“The ownership of a thing is the right of one or more persons to possess and use it to the exclusion of others. In this…
Why you shouldn’t let the home buyer move in early . . .
The matter comes up periodically: Should a seller allow a buyer to occupy the home before the close of escrow? The answer is generally, “NO!”,…