Blog Posts in November, 2007

In my last post, I described how my client and her brother came to own, as tenants in common ( California Civil Code §686 ), the single family residence of their mother. My client wanted her mother’s ...

Before I moved my office to Newport Beach, California, I was a partner in a law firm in Santa Ana, California. While there I tried a case that was decided in accordance with the statutes concerning ...

As I stated in my last post, my client’s half-sister disputed whether my client and the half-sister were even related; DNA tissue was found at a hospital where my client’s natural father had been ...

Recall that my client’s half-sister now claims that they are not related … and counsel and I agreed to use a DNA laboratory to determine the likelihood of relationship. Problem: the presumed natural ...

So here is my client, fighting her half-sister in Superior Court of Los Angeles County North East District, over whether she qualifies an heir of her natural father’s estate under California Probate ...

So here is my client; her natural father died without a will and her half-sister claims the entire estate, alleging that my client did not satisfy the special circumstances required under California ...