Rights of Heirs in California

California law has many provisions for protecting the rights of heirs in California.

WHAT ARE MY RIGHTS AS AN HEIR IN CALIFORNIA?

As an heir in California, you are entitled to:

  1.  Review the estate documents.
  2.  Become aware of the pleadings filed in any Ca estate case.
  3.  Ask for what is rightfully yours.
  4.  Ask for an accounting and review all documents which backup the accounting.

Call our Attorneys to advise you and protect your rights as heirs in California.  Call: 818-340-4479

 

Heirs & Beneficiaries

DEFINITIONS:

HEIR:  An heir is generally defined by law of the jurisdiction where the decedent lived.   California has a set of rules regarding who an heir is.

BENEFICIARY:  A beneficiary can be anyone, including unrelated persons to the decedent who may be named in a trust or other contract.

Beneficiary Rights

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Beneficiary Rights Attorney:  Mina Sirkin is a Los Angeles Certified Specialist lawyer who handles beneficiary rights in trust and probate litigation matters in California:

Trust beneficiaries in Los Angeles often do not know the extent of their rights under California law.

Protecting a beneficiary’s rights, claims and objections in trusts and probate litigation matters involves taking immediate action.   Waiting too long to respond or object to petitions can often detrimentally affect the rights of beneficiaries.

If you are a trust or estate beneficiary, you should know about the following rights:

1.   Right to receive advice from an independent attorney.   Do not rely on advice given by the trustee or executor’s attorney who does not represent you.

2.  Remember that if you don’t question an action by a trustee or executor, you will waive your rights as to that action.

3.  Review the trust or will with an experienced beneficiary attorney in trust and probate cases for immediate impact on your interest.

4.  File any necessary objections timely and watch for no contest clauses.

5.  Ask for an accounting in writing and keep a certified copy of your letter requesting the same.

6.  If you don’t get a response to a request for an accounting, call your lawyer immediately.

Discover beneficiary rights in a trust under California law.  Call Sirkin Law attorneys.

When needing counsel to review your beneficiary rights in trust documents, contact Beneficiary Rights Lawyers, Mina Sirkin.  With over 26 years of experience, our Certified Specialist in Trust Litigation in Los Angeles, California can assist you.   Contact us at: 818-340-4479.  Beneficiary Rights Trust Attorneys Los Angeles.

Heir Attorney Los Angeles

The lawyers at Sirkin Law Group, P.C. are trained as heir attorneys in Los Angeles.   We represent the interests of estate heirs in estate and trust litigation in Los Angeles, CA.    California Estate issues are often complicated.  Many times, the estate heirs need attorneys to protect their inheritance from trustees and executors.

Non-performance and slow performance by Executors:   When an executor or trustee is also a beneficiary, there can be a conflict of interest which prevents the executor or trustee to complying with his /her duty of loyalty.   Sometimes, an executor would like to buy out the shares of other beneficiaries.  Other times, the personal interests of the executor or trustee get in the way of proper administration of the estate or trust.

Contact us to discuss how your executor or trustee is performing.  We can give you guidance on how to protect your interests as heirs and beneficiaries.