Soto Law Group has published a comprehensive new article, “Newport Beach Probate – How Long It Takes and What It Really Costs,” offering a detailed look into the probate process in Orange County, ...

California living trust laws govern how residents can create and manage trusts to hold their assets, potentially bypassing probate-a court-supervised process for transferring property after death.

Effective April 1, 2025, Assembly Bill 2016 (AB 2016) creates a new probate shortcut allowing primary residences in California, if certain conditions are met, to pass to the decedent’s ...