Law Offices of Lisa S. Golshani
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Choosing a trustee is one of the most important decisions you make when creating a trust. But what happens years later if the person you selected says, "I don't want to do it"? Fortunately, naming someone as trustee does not usually force that perso ...
When someone dies, their family often knows what to do with major assets like a home or bank account. A car can be surprisingly confusing. Who owns it now? Can a family member drive it? What happens if there is still a loan? And how do you transfer ...
Dad has always been generous. He slips the grandkids money when they visit. He writes a check to his church every month. He helped your sister with a down payment and recently started giving money to the caregiver who drives him to appointments. ...
Few phone calls worry parents like this one: Your adult child's marriage is ending, and somewhere in the back of your mind is the inheritance, the one already given or the one still to come. Most people have heard that inheritances are separate prop ...
You trust your sister completely. She is organized, responsible, good with money, and exactly the person you want handling your estate. There is just one problem: your children cannot stand her. When choosing an executor in Calabasas, financial r ...
Leaving the family home equally to your children sounds fair. You have three kids, so each gets one-third. Simple, right? Maybe, until one child wants to sell, another wants to keep the house, and the third has been living there for the last five ye ...
The short answer is yes; in most cases, children do not inherit their parents' debt. Debts belong to the estate, and the estate pays them from the assets the person left behind. Family members generally are not personally responsible. That said, a f ...
Here is something that surprises almost every parent: The day your child turns 18, you lose the automatic right to see their medical records or make decisions for them, even in an emergency. A few simple documents, including a HIPAA authorization an ...
Here is a truth that surprises many families: Signing a living trust does not, by itself, keep your estate out of probate. A trust only controls the assets that are actually titled in its name. If your home, accounts, or other property were never tr ...
If you recently inherited an IRA or 401(k), the most important thing to know is that most non-spouse beneficiaries must withdraw the entire account within 10 years, and the choices you make in the first weeks can affect how much of the money you act ...