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As the nation’s population ages, probate law has never been more important. In this inaugural issue, we present a comprehensive list of law firms with probate practices, highlighting some of their key attorneys.

Law Office of Adams & Rafferty, PC Huntington Beach and Santa Rosa, CA.

The intersection of technology and law has created both opportunities and challenges for legal professionals. As digital communication becomes ubiquitous, questions inevitably arise about how new technologies fit within long-established legal frameworks.

Although appeals from probate court are handled much as appeals of other civil matters, there are substantial differences, some of which present a trap for the unwary.

When the cousin dies, the immediate expectation is that the cousin’s son will become the heir.

An attorney who provides estate planning services (such as drafting revocable living trusts and wills) can be liable not just to the client who engaged him or her, but also to potential beneficiaries

As widely reported, the National Conference of Bar Examiners (“NCBE”), which develops the Uniform Bar Exam (“UBE”) currently used by 40 states, has dropped wills and trusts as a tested subject matter from the Next Gen Bar Exam scheduled to be rolled out in July 2026.

Recently, I was approached by a client regarding whether he should pursue a claim against the successor trustee of his parents’ trust. The surviving trustor (his mother) had amended the trust before she died.

A disinherited child may challenge an estate plan on various grounds, including that their disinheritance was the result of undue influence by other beneficiaries or an elderly parent’s lack of testamentary capacity to make changes to an established estate plan.

On Feb. 1, 2008, one of the most famous singers of the late 1990s and 2000s, Britney Spears, became the subject of a conservatorship in the Los Angeles County Superior Court.

“Thank you, Counsel, I see there are notes to clear, our next available court date is six months from now.” These words are tough to hear as a probate lawyer but are a common occurrence these days across California.