Practice Area

Trust Administration

Being named successor trustee is a legal duty, not an honor. We guide trustees through it so a grieving family does not end up in litigation over a missed notice.

Trustee guidance

The duties that begin the day you take over.

California imposes strict deadlines and accounting obligations on trustees. Most breaches are honest mistakes made by people who were never told what the law required.

01

Notice Requirements

Probate Code notifications to beneficiaries and heirs — served correctly and on time.

02

Asset Inventory & Valuation

Identifying, securing and valuing trust property as of the correct date.

03

Trust Accounting

Records that satisfy beneficiaries and survive challenge if they do not.

04

Debts & Taxes

Creditor claims, final returns and coordination with your CPA.

05

Property Transfers

Deeds and retitling to move assets to their rightful recipients.

06

Distribution

Closing the trust cleanly, with releases that end your exposure as trustee.

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