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What is a Contingent Beneficiary? - Werner Law Firm

What is a Contingent Beneficiary?

POSTED ON: December 14, 2021 BY: Troy Werner
A contingent beneficiary is someone who inherits either if the primary beneficiary cannot, or if certain conditions have been fulfilled. To put it into an example, if you decide to leave your house to your three children, you may place the eldest as the primary beneficiary of the house and name your second child as […]
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How to Revoke a Trust in California - Werner Law Firm

How to Revoke a Trust in California

POSTED ON: December 7, 2021 BY: Troy Werner
Trusts can be a powerful estate planning tool. Among other things, trusts allow you to allocate assets for long-term investment to pay dividends for your children and grandchildren, protect certain assets and investments from creditors, minimize the tax impact of your death, and drastically simplify the distribution of your estate. But what if you want […]
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What Happens If Someone Dies Without a Will? - Werner Law

What Happens If Someone Dies Without a Will?

POSTED ON: November 29, 2021 BY: Troy Werner
So, what happens if someone dies without a will? Dying without a will is called dying intestate. It means dying without testament, specifically one’s legal testament regarding the management and distribution of one’s belongings and possessions after death. Dying without a will means having everything you own automatically distributed among your next of kin as […]
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Estate Planning vs Wills: What You Need to Know - Werner Law

Estate Planning vs Wills: What You Need to Know

POSTED ON: November 24, 2021 BY: Troy Werner
Estate planning vs wills - what's it all about? When setting up the ideal estate plan, it helps to have basic knowledge of how estate plans are structured before talking to a professional. Estate plans are not exclusive to the rich and famous, and they need not be complicated. The average estate plan begins and […]
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Creating a Trust: Why It's Crucial to Seek Help from a Pro - Werner Law

Creating a Trust: Why It's Crucial to Seek Help from a Pro

POSTED ON: November 19, 2021 BY: Troy Werner
Trusts are not exclusive to the ultrarich but setting one up wisely may still require help from an estate planning professional. Even simple mistakes can end up costing your estate a fortune, and leave your family with much more stress and trouble than the whole thing might have been worth. Unlike simpler documents, trusts require […]
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Trustor vs Trustee: What's the Difference? - Werner Law

Trustor vs Trustee: What's the Difference?

POSTED ON: November 15, 2021 BY: Troy Werner
Trustor vs trustee? Trust who? We all know what trust means, between trust funds and legal trusts and trust entities and trust documents, the world of estate planning and trust creation can become a little opaque. Thankfully, trusts themselves are not very complicated, and the difference between trustees and trustors is even less so. Understanding […]
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What is Intestate Succession in California? - Werner Law

What is Intestate Succession in California?

POSTED ON: November 9, 2021 BY: Troy Werner
When we pass away, our possessions and belongings must be distributed among the living. Under most circumstances, the order in which what we once owned is distributed depends on whether we left behind a will before dying. Dying without a last will and testament means dying without testament, or intestate. Every state has its own […]
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How Does Probate Work When There Is No Will? - Werner Law Firm

How Does Probate Work When There Is No Will?

POSTED ON: November 4, 2021 BY: Troy Werner
Probate courts and the probate process are necessary for the validation of any last will and testament, as well as the arbitration of final debts and other financial obligations, and the ultimate distribution of a person’s estate left behind after death. Probate can and does work without a will and is necessary even if a […]
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Living Trust vs. Revocable Will - Werner Law Firm

Living Trust vs. Revocable Will 

POSTED ON: October 27, 2021 BY: Troy Werner
It’s never pleasant to think of the contingencies you might have to set in place to account for your death. Life is unpredictable, and things can happen when you least expect them. That’s why it’s essential to prepare for the unexpected by ensuring that our affairs are in order should the worst come to pass. […]
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Testate vs. Intestate - Werner Law Firm

Testate vs. Intestate: What's The Difference? 

POSTED ON: October 22, 2021 BY: Troy Werner
When a person passes away, they leave behind assets, properties, and accounts that must be distributed among the living. Under most circumstances, it's the decedent's heirs and beneficiaries that receive the estate. But in what order, and what amounts? If a person left behind legal instructions on the matters of their estate, they died testate. If […]
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