Blog Posts in Intestacy

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 ...

As I mentioned in my last post, my client was the daughter of a man who had recently died She had a half-sister, who was the child of her father and another woman. The difference was that the dead ...

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 ...