Heggstad Petition

You're going through a parent's papers after they pass. The trust is there — carefully drafted, signed, notarized. Then someone points out that the family home was never deeded into the trust. It's one of the most common discoveries families make after a loss, and it...

Many California families don't discover the gap in their estate plan until it's too late. A multimillion-dollar property sits outside the trust, not because of bad intentions, but because of an incomplete paperwork step. And now it's likely headed for probate. This is...