Buffington Law Firm's trust dispute attorneys have more than two decades of experience in handling trust inheritance disputes. This Blog article will briefly discuss a certain type of trust dispute that is unfortunately quite common -- situations in which someone...
Trust Disputes
Living Trust Disputes — What to Look For
Buffington Law Firm's living trust litigation attorneys have more than two decades of experience in handling trust disputes. In this brief Blog article we will touch on a few of the more common causes for trust disputes.Over the past twenty or thirty years,...
The Art of Knowing When and How to Settle a Case
Buffington Law Firm's main practice areas consist of trust litigation, real estate litigation, and business/corporate litigation. There is one common denominator to these three practice areas -- that is the need for the client to know if, when, and how to settle a...
The penalties for elder abuse are severe in California!
As discussed in last week's Blog article, Financial Elder Abuse is a growing and serious problem in California. The Welfare and Institutions Code defines it as a situation in which someone:(1) Takes, secretes, appropriates, obtains, or retains real or personal...
Financial Elder Abuse Takes Many Forms
Financial elder abuse in California is a pervasive and growing problem. Buffington Law Firm's Trust and Elder Law litigation attorneys have frequently and repeatedly encountered egregious examples of financial elder abuse. We have a track record of solving such...
Proving Undue Influence in Trust Disputes and Similar Lawsuits
Buffington Law Firm's trust and elder law litigation team has decades of experience dealing with cases in which undue influence is alleged. The fact patterns for these cases are depressingly similar in many instances. Typically a younger friend, relative, or adult...
Co-Owning Bank Accounts — A Source of Frequent Legal Jeopardy
Buffington Law Firm's elder law and trust litigation attorneys have frequently dealt with situations where two persons (not spouses) are co-owners of bank accounts. This often occurs, for example, when a relative is placed on an elderly person's bank account as...
Financial Elder Abuse — A Serious Problem in California
Financial Elder Abuse is a serious problem in California. Elderly folk sometimes lack mental vigor and sharpness, and this can sometimes cause them to be excessively trusting, particularly of relatives and their own offspring. California law provides that any...
Avoid Trust Disputes: Common Problems in Living Trust Draftsmanship
Buffington Law Firm's Trust dispute attorneys have more than two decades of experience in living trust litigation. As many people know, revocable or "living" trusts have become extremely popular in California and have to a significant degree replaced wills as the...
Trust Disputes: The Problem of Problem Living Trust Beneficiaries
Revocable or "Living" Trusts have become wildly popular in California as an alternate mechanism to wills for transferring a family's wealth to the next generation. Lawyers who practice estate planning often tout trusts as a simpler and cheaper way to handle an...
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