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How to Probate an Estate in California | 
 enlarge | Author: Julia Nissley
Publisher: NOLO
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 32644
Media: Paperback
Edition: 19
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 446
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Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.3 x 1
ISBN: 1413307604
Dewey Decimal Number: 346.794052
EAN: 9781413307603
ASIN: 1413307604
Publication Date: March 2008
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Book Description
Covers the entire California probate process, from deciphering a will to tackling taxes.
If you need to wrap up the affairs of a deceased family member or friend in California, you can save attorney fees by handling the probate process yourself.
How to Probate an Estate in California is the only book that provides all the forms, tips and step-by-step instructions you'll need to settle a loved one's estate. You may even be able to handle the whole process by mail, without setting foot in the courthouse.
Learn how to:
read a will
determine who inherits property if there is no will
handle probate paperwork
collect life insurance and other benefits
transfer community property to a surviving spouse or domestic partner
pay bills and taxes
distribute property left through trusts
Even if you hire a lawyer to do the probate paperwork, this book will help you understand the process so that you can make informed decisions and communicate intelligently with the attorney about the estate. Why spend over $13,000 on a lawyer to probate a $500,000 estate, when you can do almost all of it on your own?
The 19th edition is completely updated with current probate and tax information.
FORMS:
Appendix B: Judicial Council Forms
DE-111 Petition for Probate
DE-120 Notice of Hearing
DE-121 Notice of Petition to Administer Estate
DE-121(MA) Attachment to Notice of Petition to Administer Estate
DE-131 Proof of Subscribing Witness
DE-135 Proof of Holographic Instrument
DE-140 Order for Probate
DE-147 Duties and Liabilities of Personal Representative
DE-147S Confidential Supplement to Duties and Liabilities of Personal Representative
DE-150 Letters
DE-157 Notice of Administration to Creditors
DE-160 Inventory and Appraisal
DE-161 Inventory and Appraisal Attachment
DE-165 Notice of Proposed Action
DE-174 Allowance or Rejection of Creditor's Claim
DE-221 Spousal or Domestic Partner Property Petition
DE-226 Spousal or Domestic Partner Property Order
DE-270 Ex Parte Petition for Authority to Sell Securities and Order
DE-295 Ex Parte Petition for Final Discharge and Order
DE-305 Affidavit re Real Property of Small Value ($20,000 or Less)
DE-310 Petition to Determine Succession to Real Property (Estates of $100,000 or Less)
DE-315 Order Determining Succession to Real Property (Estates of $10,000 of Less)
Appendix C: Non-Judicial Council Forms
Declaration Regarding Property Passing to Decedent's Surviving Spouse or Registered Domestic
Partner Under Probate Code #13500
Who Inherits Under the Will?
Schedule of Assets
Notification by Trustee
Affidavit -- Death of Joint Tenant
Affidavit -- Death of Trustee
Affidavit -- Death of Spouse
Affidavit -- Death of Domestic Partner
Affidavit -- Death of Spouse or Domestic Partner--Survivorship Community Property
Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property Under California Probate Code #13100-13106
Deed to Real Property
Probate Case Cover Sheet-- Certificate of Grounds for Assignment to District (L.A. County)
Application and Order Appointing Probate Referee (L.A. County)
Change in Ownership Statement (Death of Real Property Owner) (L.A. County)
Preliminary Change of Ownership Report
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"Written by probate paralegal Julia Nissley, this indispensable bestseller unravels how to settle a simple California estate without an attorney. How to Probate an Estate provides all the tearout forms and instructions one needs to: - read and understand a will - determine who gets property if there is no will - transfer property to a surviving spouse - collect life insurance and other benefits - change title of real estate, securities and other possessions into the names of the new owners - and much more"
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Great, great help to me. June 27, 2008
My Mother passed away and we thought all the paperwork was in order and it was not. I got this book from Amazon and it has outlined every detail and possible stituation. I went and got all the forms and and in the middle of probate right now. Very, very well written for a simple probate case and non complicated estates.
If there are people who will contest the will or complicated properties, business deals; most likely, you will need a lawyer and probating yourself will not work. But if it is very clear and simple, you can probabe yourself. Great book, worh every penny spent on it.
Excellent Book April 22, 2008
This book really helped my wife go through the probate process for her mother's estate. Highly recommended book!
practical book November 5, 2007
This is a great book for going through the probate process. It takes
you through the entire process and explains all the jargon. The only
problem I had with it is that if your probate includes anything which
is a little out-of-the-ordinary, e.g., heirs/beneficiaries who may contest the will, it does not help. However, one book cannot cover 100% of
the possible cases. This book probably covers 95% of the probate cases
and is helpful even if you are one of the "odd-cases" and you are not familiar with the probate process.
The BEST book on probate in California March 4, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you can only purchase one book on probate in California, this book should be your first stop. I am in the process of probating my mother's estate and I will save at least $20,000 by using this book. There a dozens of forms, tips and tons of information on the subject. If you are motivated and organzed, this is the guide to help you avoid the high cost of attorneys in probate. I cannot urge you STRONGLY enough to use this book as your guide to probate in California.
Indispensable. Beautifully written, thoughtfully compiled, and will save you a fortune. January 1, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
After my mother passed away and I was named executor, I discovered something: California's probate system is a massive, elaborate joke designed to make lawyers rich. It's incomprehensible how convoluted the process is, and how absolutely ZERO help is available. (The court clerks I turned to answered every question with this: "I can't tell you! I'm not a judge!" And, of course, it's not like you can contact a judge.) Imagine trying to file the tax returns for Microsoft without any training or instructions: that's just a hint of what you're in for here.
Armed with this book, though, I got through the process. And -- against all odds, and despite the ridiculous restrictions and obfuscations this laughable legal system imposes on people WHOSE PARENTS JUST DIED -- I got all the way through probate, saving something like $10,000 in legal fees.
So, if your estate doesn't have much money -- or the legal system just bugs the heck out of you, and you refuse to fling hard-earned money at those charlatans -- get this book and thank your lucky stars it exists.
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