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Hi, This is Marc Herbert from Herbert Law Office with the Question of the Week. Yesterday, I was asked by a client what happens if the terms of the trust or the will that I’m a beneficiary for are being violated by the trustee or the executor. So the first thing you need to understand

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Hi. This is Marc Herbert from Herbert Law Office with the Question of the week, which is, can I refinance a house held in my trust? The answer is yes, but you have to be careful. I actually got this question last week during Thanksgiving, a family member had just refinanced their house. They have

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Hi. This is Marc Herbert from Herbert Law Office with the Question of the Week. This week I got asked twice what happens to my property when I pass away. And that’s a great question. And it’s kind of a complicated question, too, because in California, it really depends on what type of assets you

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Hi, This is Marc Herbert from Herbert Law office with the Question of the Week. Many times I get asked, when should I write my estate plan or what’s the best time to write an estate plan? So there’s three basic rules of thumb, in my opinion. If you have a house in California, you

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Hi. This is Marc Herbert from Herbert Law Office with the Question of the week, which is, How can I protect my children under 18 years old? Well, there’s really two parts to this problem. You want to protect your children physically and emotionally, of course. And you also want to protect them financially. And

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Hi. This is Marc Herbert from Herbert Law Office with the Question of the week, which is what happens during my free consultation. Well, you know, a lot of people get intimidated about coming to an attorney’s office. There’s a lot of worries about what exactly is going to happen. But here we really like

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Hi, This is Marc Herbert from Herbert Law Office with the Question of the Week. What is a living trust in California? There’s two kinds of trusts. One is called an irrevocable trust, a trust that you cannot change over time. And the second is called a revocable trust, commonly known as a living trust,

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Hi. This is Marc Herbert from Herbert Law Office with the Question of the week. Yesterday, I was asked, is my trust from five years ago still good? And my answer when I get that question and I get a lot is it depends. Once I can review your document and go through it with

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Hi. This is Marc Herbert from Herbert Law Office with the Question of the week, which is what happens if I only have a will when I die? Well, in California, if you own any land or any significant accounts, chances are your executor is going to have to go to probate court to transfer

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Hi, this is attorney Marc Herbert with the question of the week, which is what happens if I die without a will? Look, the bottom line is, if you don’t write up your own will, your own trust some type of estate plan, You’re going to end up with California’s default state plan, which is

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