Blog Posts in Adoption

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 ...

As set forth previously, my client’s mother was not married to my client’s natural father. My client’s mother did marry however; and her new husband, the step-parent of my client, adopted her (a ...

As I described in my prior post, my client’s natural father had died without a will (i.e. California Probate Code §88 ) and her half-sister from her father’s prior marriage had petitioned to be ...

When a person dies without a will ( California Probate Code §88 ) in California they are said to have died “intestate”. Who inherits is then determined by the laws of intestate succession ( California ...