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These authoritative volumes bring you the start-to-finish guidance needed to handle a decedent's estate in California. Focusing on essential law and procedure, California Probate Practice keeps you up-to-date on important changes in the California Probate Code, offers counsel on ethical issues, and takes you through the complex probate procedures with a wealth of time-saving checklists and practice tips.
• Contains a step-by-step overview of the entire estate handling process.
• Covers mandatory and elective procedures involved in administration of an estate.
• Discusses procedures for passing property outside probate.
• Provides examples of non-judicial forms and illustrated tax forms with instructions.
• Complete text of California Probate Code.
• Cites and references to cases, statutes, law reviews, and periodicals.
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Table of contents
Volume 1
Part 1 PLANNING AND PROBATE PROCEDURE
Chapter 1 Client Interview and Preliminary Assistance
Chapter 2 Handling the Estate
Chapter 3 General Procedure in Probate Proceedings
Part 2 TRANSFERS WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 4 Transfer of Property Without Administration
Part 3 INITIATING PROBATE ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 5 Initiating Probate Administration
Chapter 6 Bonds
Part 4 ADMINISTERING THE ESTATE
Chapter 7 Independent Administration of Estates
Chapter 8 Family Protection
Chapter 9 [Reserved]
Volume 2
Part 4 ADMINISTERING THE ESTATE (Continued)
Chapter 10 Collecting Assets
Chapter 11 Inventory and Appraisal
Chapter 12 Claims Against the Estate
Chapter 12A Claims Against Decedent's Revocable Trust
Chapter 13 Resolution of Third-Party Disputes
Chapter 14 Payment of Claims, Expenses, and Other Charges
Chapter 15 Taxation of Estates
Chapter 16 Management of Assets
Chapter 17 [Reserved]
Volume 3
Part 4 ADMINISTERING THE ESTATE (Continued)
Chapter 20 Exchange or Lease of Assets and Options to Purchase
Chapter 21 Sale of Property
Chapter 22 Replacement of Personal Representatives
Chapter 23 Determining Heirs and Devisees and Their Distributive Shares
Chapter 24 Accounts
Chapter 25 Distribution and Discharge
Chapter 26 Compensation of Personal Representative and Estate Attorney
Part 5 ANCILLARY ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 27 Ancillary Administration
Chapter 28–29 [Reserved]
Volume 4
Part 6 WILL CONTESTS AND CONTRACTS
Chapter 30 Will Contests
Chapter 31 Contracts to Make Wills
Part 7 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR
Chapter 32 Public Administrators
Part 8 MISSING PERSONS
Chapter 33 Missing Persons
CALIFORNIA PROBATE CODE AND RULES
TABLE OF STATUTES
TABLE OF CASES
INDEX