Trust Disputes

By: Roger J. Buffington, Esq. One of the subjects that often comes up in attorney-client discussions is the question as to how the client will pay his or her attorney's fees.  In this brief Blog article we will discuss the considerations between the two most common...

There is a serious gap in the law concerning the inheritance of bank accounts.  The problem turns on the lack of clarity as to the intent of the bank account creator as to how a bank account is to pass to his or her beneficiaries upon the creator's death.  Buffington...

By: Roger J. Buffington In last week's Blog article, we discussed our take with respect to California law as it handles expungement of a lis pendens, and why the current trend in the law is troublesome.  Essentially, we observed that key holdings by California Courts...

By: Roger J. Buffington One of the fascinations of Trust law is that unlike some areas of law, which have been around for a very long time and for which the caselaw is largely settled, in trust litigation the law is in a state of flux and continues to rapidly...

By:  Roger J. Buffington, Esq. Trust litigation often begins with a beneficiary or heir's receipt of a "120 Day Letter" from a successor-trustee of a living trust.  On this Blog we have written frequently about such letters because they are of critical importance to...

By:  Roger J. Buffington, Esq. Trust contests are sometimes a necessity when an inheritance activates upon the death of a loved one.  Most commonly, an actual or potential beneficiary learns that a decedent's trust and estate plan has been tampered with by means of a...