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- A Beneficiary’s Right to See the Trust: California Probate Code §16061.7 and the Trustee’s 60-Day Notice
- No Privacy, No Protection: Beware the Wise Old Sage on Your Screen
- Once, Twice, Three Times an Elder Abuser: Probate Code Section 859 Makes Wrongdoers Pay for Inheritance Theft
- Inheriting a House With a Mortgage, Tax Lien, or Reverse Mortgage in California
- Caregiver Transfers and Presumed Fraud: Understanding Probate Code Section 21380
- What to Do If You Believe Your Conservatorship Is No Longer Justified
- Is a Family Member Stealing From Your Aging Parent? What Pasadena Families Need to Know About Elder Financial Abuse
- When a Power of Attorney and a Trust Conflict: Which Document Wins in California?
- When Someone Changes an Elderly Parent’s Trust at the End of Their Life: Undue Influence and Elder Financial Abuse in San Mateo
- What Happens When an Estate or Trust Beneficiary in an Inherited House Refuses to Leave?
- Endangered Estates – How to Tell if the Personal Representative Has Gone Rogue in Your California Probate Matter
- Power of Attorney Abuse in California: Remedies for Successor Agents and Family Members
- Sibling Inheritance Disputes In California: Rights, Remedies, and When to Sue
- Trust Law Partners Recognized by Chambers USA California Spotlight Ranking for 2026
- Dealing with Omitted Heirs: Pretermitted Children and the Spousal Elective Share in Trusts
- Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation in Trusts: Recognizing and Prosecuting Claims
- A Mysterious New Will Appears in the Tony Hsieh Estate Dispute
- When to Intervene Before Death: Pre-Death Disputes, Conservatorships, and Capacity Battles
- What Happens After a Trustee Is Removed in Pasadena?
- Removing a Corporate Trustee or Bank Trustee in Pasadena
- When Should You Remove a Trustee vs. Seek Other Solutions in Pasadena
- Conflict Between Beneficiary Designations and Trust Terms: Which Instrument Controls and When?
- How to Remove a Family Member as Trustee in Pasadena
- Using Mediation and Settlement in Trust Litigation: When It Makes Sense (and When It Does Not)
- Accounting and Beneficiary Rights: When a Trustee Must Provide Records in California
- Forensic Accounting in Estate Disputes: Tracing, Discovery and Remedies
- The Difference Between Trustee Misconduct and Simple Mismanagement
- The 120-Day Notification Rule: What Happens If a Trustee Misses the Deadline?
- Winning Your Trust Contest with Digital Evidence
- When Beneficiaries Disagree: Internal Conflicts and How Litigation Shapes the Outcome
- Appeals in Trust and Estate Litigation: Strategy, Timing and Critical Errors
- Successor Trustee Disputes: Family Members vs. Professional Trustees
- Financial Elder Abuse in Trusts: Recognizing and Prosecuting Claims
- SFGATE names Jeff Loew one of the top “Estate Lawyers” in the Bay Area
- DNA Test Kits And Surprise Heirs: How Consumer Genetics Is Fueling Estate Battles
- Removing A Trustee: Grounds, Procedure, And What Beneficiaries Should Expect
- The Impact Of Community Property And Commingling On Trust Disputes In California
- Charitable Beneficiaries in Trust Litigation: Enforcing Gifts to Nonprofits
- Will vs. Trust: Which One Controls Your Inheritance?
- Trustee Self-Dealing and Conflicts of Interest: How Courts Address Them
- Can You Be Disinherited Without Warning? Legal Options for Heirs
- How Digital Assets & Cryptocurrency Complicate Trust Disputes in California
- What to Know About No‑Contest (“In Terrorem”) Clauses in California Trusts & Wills
- How Trustees Can Defend Against Wrongful Removal Requests
- Taxable Estates and Original Works of Art: What Trustees and Heirs Need to Know
- Mediation vs. Litigation: What’s Better for Trust and Estate Disputes?
- Is a Half-Sibling Still an Heir Under Intestate Succession If They Live in Another Country?
- Understanding and Using Heggstad and Probate Code Section 850 Petitions to Fix the Problem of Assets Left Out of a Trust
- Strategic Use of Lis Pendens in Trust Disputes: Lessons from Newell v. Superior Court
- What’s the Best Way to Protect Myself Legally as a Trustee?
- What Are the Benefits of Using Mediation For Trust and Estate Disputes?
- Understanding the Common Fund Doctrine in California Trust and Estate Litigation
- When Trust Assets Are Missing or Vanish: Trustee Accountability & Forensic Remedies
- When Attorneys Take from a Trust: Trustee Rights and Lessons from the Steve McQueen Painting Case
- Mental Capacity in California Trust & Estate Litigation: Why Testing with a Doctor May Make a Difference
- California’s Anti-Lapse Statute: Probate Code Section 21110 Explained
- Do You Need to Sign a Will on the Same Day as the Witnesses?
- What Happens If a Trust Is Signed Without a Notary?
- Congratulations to Partner Jeff Loew— recognized in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®
- Can a Handwritten Will Be Contested In California?
- What Is Dependent Relative Revocation (DRR)?
- What Does Intestate Mean?
- How Long Do I Have to Contest a Trust After Someone Dies?
- Why Your Long-Term Partner Might Get Nothing: Estate Rights and Marvin Claims
- If You Want to Include or Exclude a Child from Your Estate Plan, You Must Say So Clearly
- What If I Suspect Someone Forged the Will?
- Can You Leave Money to Your Pet in a Trust? In California, Yes—And You Should
- What’s the Legal Process for Petitioning Trustee Removal in California?
- Protecting Beneficiaries in a Breslin v. Breslin World: Trust Law Partners Helps Excluded Charities Reclaim Their Inheritance
- Attorney Spotlight: Jeffrey R. Loew, Managing Partner
- Can a trustee be penalized for withholding distributions unfairly?
- Why “Video Wills” and “Video Trusts” Are Risky and Often Useless in California Estate Litigation
- What If the Trustee Claims the Estate Isn’t Ready To Be Distributed?
- Meet Partner Greg Aslanian, Esq.,
Trust Law Partners
- Meet Trust Law Partners Senior Counsel Wayne Dong, Esq.
- A New Will Emerges in Tony Hsieh’s $500M Estate Dispute: What Beneficiaries Can Learn
- Lessons from the Jimmy Buffett Estate Dispute: When Trustees Shut Out the Family
- When Is Mediation a Better Option Than Litigation In Trust Disputes?
- What Are My Legal Rights and Responsibilities as a Trustee in California?
- What Should I Do If I’m Accused of Mismanaging a Trust?
- How to Prove Undue Influence in a California Will or Trust Contest
- What If My Loved One Had Dementia and Changed Their Will?
- What Can I Do if a Trustee Refuses to Distribute My Inheritance?
- Do Adopted or Stepchildren Have Rights in Wrongful Disinheritance Cases?
- Payable on Death Accounts Are Not Part of an Estate — What That Means for Beneficiaries and Heirs
- What’s the Difference Between Contesting a Will vs. a Trust?
- Meet Trust Law Partners Attorney, Jeffrey Liu, Esq.
- Life Insurance Is a Payable on Death Asset That Falls Outside an Estate
- Unfunded Trusts Cause Problems in Trust and Estate Litigation
- Can You Handwrite a Will or a Trust in California?
- Is There a Difference Between a Marital Trust and a Separate Trust?
- Is There a Jury in Probate Trial?
- Probate Courts Are Courts of Law and Equity – Why That Matters for Your Case
- Why Is an Accounting Needed to Distribute a Trust in Certain Cases?
- Understanding Mental Capacity Requirements for Estate Planning
- You Don’t Have to Be a Celebrity to Need a Lawyer for a Trust or Will Dispute
- How to Remove a Trustee – And When It’s Necessary
- Resolving Probate Disputes: Expert Legal Guidance for Estate and Inheritance Conflicts
- What Are the Costs of Managing a Trust?
- Meet Attorney Lisa Tan: A Trusted Leader in Trust and Probate Litigation
- Protecting Your Inheritance: Resolving Beneficiary Disputes with a Probate Lawyer
- The Life Insurance Rulebook: What You Need to Know
- How to Avoid Trust Disputes: A Guide to Preventing Family Conflict
- Elevating Client Representation: Introducing Attorney Matthew Thompson
- Elder Neglect: Recognizing the Signs and Seeking Justice
- Who Should Be the Trustee of My Trust?
- The Role of Adult Protective Services in Preventing Elder Abuse
- Trust Law Partners Welcomes Jeffrey M. Hall, Esq.
- Loew Law Group, PLC has joined Trust Law Partners, LLP
- Third-Party Creditor Claims: A Trust and Estate Litigation Lawyer Can Help
- Navigating Probate Court: A Guide to the Process, Timeline, and Common Challenges
- Probate Accounting Disputes
- Is the Trust Valid?
- Trust Busting in Trust Litigation: Unraveling the Complex World of Trust Disputes
- Trustee Liability: Commingling Trust Assets and the Risks to Beneficiaries
- How to revoke your will in California
- The Reformation of a Trust: Navigating Legal Pathways Under California Law
- No Contest Clauses in California: The Crucial Role of Probable Cause
- Leveraging Generation-Skipping Trusts: Tax Efficiency and Asset Protection
- Untangling the Complex Web of Blended Families: Estate Disputes, Prenuptial Agreements, and Counterintuitive Outcomes
- Limited Family Partnerships & Estate Tax Planning
- Half-Siblings & Inheritance: Understanding California Law
- Can a Trustee remove a Beneficiary?
- 7 Reasons for Trustee Removal in California
- A Crucial Aspect of Estate Planning: Navigating Prenuptial Agreements
- Understanding the Distinct Roles of Estate Planning Attorneys and Trust & Estate Litigation Attorneys
- The Trustee’s Duty of Accounting
- Sentimental Items Are Not Worth The Fight
- What is Decanting a Trust?
- What is a Certificate of Independent Review?
- Is a Handwritten Will Legit in California?
- Making your estate plan safer after you die
- Recent Results
- Protect your estate from being given away by the surviving spouse
- Better Together: Financial Advisors and Probate Litigation Attorneys
- Partner Lisa Tan Recognized as a 2023 Lawyer of Distinction
- Trust Law Partners Welcomes New Attorney
- Petitions to Compel Distribution from Trustees Who Fail to Fulfill Fiduciary Duty (aka. Forcing the Trustee to Pay)
- The 6 Stages of Trust and Estate Litigation
- What’s an Omitted Spouse?
- What’s an AB Trust?
- Financial Elder Abuse: A Looming Crisis for the Probate Court System
- Maximize your Client’s Recovery — Refer your case to Trust Law Partners
- At Trust Law Partners we’re not just your attorneys, but we’re also your advisors and often a friend.
- Why Financial Planners are important in Trust and Estate litigation.
- TLP Secures $8,000,000 Recovery for Financial Elder Abuse
- Mark Russakow named a Top Attorney in Pasadena for 2023
- My Sibling Stole My Inheritance
- 980K Recovery — A Case Study of Wrongful Inheritance
- The Battle of Wills: It’s All in the Family
- Trustee Notifications For You
- When an Estate Trustee Becomes Untrustworthy
- Get Your Inheritance
- Undue Influence and Estate Plan
- Estate Planning
- Proving Mental Incapacity
- Why We Get Paid Only If and When You Do
- Power Of Attorney
- Bank Account Problems
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