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Buffington Law Firm's trust dispute attorneys have been asked to solve many problems relating to misbehaving problem successor-trustees of revocable or "living" trusts. One of the most common problems with trusts once the trustors die and a successor-trustee takes...
Buffington Law Firm's Trust and Elder Law litigation attorneys are sometimes faced with situations that deal with the issue as to whether a person has the mental capacity to make a contract or, alternatively, whether that person posesses testamentary capacity -- the...
Buffington Law Firm's California Trust Litigation attorneys have handled numerous cases involving so-called "Dynasty Trusts" as well as alternative forms of estate plans similar to these. A "Dynasty Trust" is an estate plan in which the trust does not simply...
Buffington Law Firm's civil trial attorneys are probably asked this question more than almost any other by clients who have flimsy or groundless lawsuits brought against them: "Why can't I get this frivolous lawsuit thrown out before trial?" The question is, for many...
In Part 1 of this Blog article we discussed two common procedures for forcing pretrial dismissal of a lawsuit: the Demurrer and the Motion for Summary Judgment. We saw that the way the law operates plainly "stacks the deck" in favor of the Plaintiff with respect to...
The buying and selling of residential real estate goes on at a dizzying pace in California. If you are about to put your home on the market, what do you need to tell a prospective buyer?From drainage issues to bedbugs, here are six types of disclosures that the...
One of the frequent questions asked of Buffington Law Firm's trust and estate litigation attorneys is whether a successor-trustee of a revocable "living" trust can be removed by a court action. As discussed in recent Blog articles, California living trusts are...
Buffington Law Firm's trust dispute attorneys have frequently assisted clients in dealing with problems involving the removal of problem successor-trustees or the need to force the dissolution of a trust. One form of trust that is particularly prone to trust disputes...
Buffington Law Firm's team of Trust and Estate Litigation attorneys have decades of experience in dealing with out-of-control successor-trustees of California living trusts. This is an increasingly common problem in California as trusts, rather than wills, have...
Buffington Law Firm's team of trust dispute litigation attorneys has decades of experience in dealing with problem situations involving California Living or "revocable" trusts. Many of the problems that we are asked to solve deal with situations in which, for some...