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When a person sets up a trust, they leave instructions outlining how they want their assets handled after they pass away. Many trusts are executed without any issues; however, there are times when a person might realize that their trust wasn't set up as they thought...
Placing your property on the market, or purchasing a new home, are massive decisions that come with numerous legal considerations. Going into a property deal without prior awareness of potential deliberations can lead to disagreements between buyers and sellers. Thus,...
Buffington Law Firm's team of trust litigation attorneys has recently been asked to discuss certain estate planning practices or scenarios that tend to lead to trust litigation, i.e. trust disputes. Our Firm has been handling Trust disputes for decades. In this...
Buffington Law Firm’s trust litigation attorneys have litigated many trust disputes in which one or more trust beneficiaries are contesting the validity of the Trust, a portion of the Trust, or some other testamentary document. As discussed recently in this Blog,...
Buffington Law Firm's breach of contract attorneys often deal with breach of contract lawsuits in which, upon examination of the facts, it becomes obvious that the requirements that one or the other party committed to can at best be characterized as "aspirational." ...
Buffington Law Firm's Elder and Trust litigation attorneys have noticed a disturbing estate planning trend in recent years: the fully revocable decedent's trust. When drafting a revocable or "living" trust, no one doubts that the trustmaker or trustmakers (often...
A person who creates a trust must do it because they want to. They have to be of sound mind so they can understand the elements of the trust. While most trusts are executed without any issues, there are some that come into question. Sometimes, claims of undue...
Buffington Law Firm's Elder and Trust litigation attorneys have litigated many lawsuits in which "Undue Influence" is a Cause of Action. "Undue Influence" is one of the most misunderstood concepts in litigation. In this short Blog article I will mainly focus on...
There are certain problems with California Living Trusts that seem to come up over and over again. Perhaps the most common scenario is one that involves the now-deceased Trustmakers' home. Buffington Law Firm's trust litigation attorneys have dealt with this...
Buffington Law Firm's civil litigation team often deals with otherwise good cases that are unfortunately barred in whole or in part by a Statute of Limitation. Sometimes this was entirely preventable, and this scenario is what this article is about. As many people...