How To Retrieve Unclaimed Inheritance Money - Werner Law Firm

How to Retrieve Unclaimed Inheritance Money

Everything we leave behind must be redistributed among the living when we die. However, what happens if the residents can’t locate what we have left behind? What happens to forgotten bank accounts, retirement funds left inaccessible, unclaimed wages, and property with no deeds or paperwork? What happens to everything that is lost to time or …

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How California Determines Affidavit of Heirship - Werner Law

How California Determines Affidavit of Heirship

When we die, everything we leave behind must be transferred and distributed among the living. Yet we do not all distribute our financial and material legacy equally. Some people utilize estate plans to determine distribution, drafting different documents to establish a succession order among heirs and beneficiaries, designate beneficiaries for specific assets, hold certain assets …

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Resolving Probate Problems with Siblings - Werner Law

Resolving Probate Problems with Siblings

If you are anticipating family issues when you pass away and leave behind an inheritance for your loved ones, then heading them off is crucial. Even simple squabbles can turn into vicious and litigious fights down the road, and sore wounds can become years and decades of alienation, nonstop fighting, and eventually lead to an …

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Raising Financially Literate Kids: Transferring Knowledge Before Wealth - Werner Law Firm

Raising Financially Literate Kids: Transferring Knowledge Before Wealth

One third of Americans who receive an inheritance spend all of it within two years. Research shows a significant number of young adults are either financially precarious (32 percent) or financially-at-risk (36 percent). In fact, the average American becomes financially literate at age 28. Are kids and young adults generally to blame for this? No, …

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Effects of Divorce on Inheritance Rights in California - Werner Law Firm

The Effects of Divorce on Inheritance Rights in California

It’s difficult to determine exactly how much of California’s population still seeks a divorce – while divorce rates have been plummeting across the country since the Great Recession began in 2008, couples do still continue to seek separation in cases where the differences in the relationship feel irreconcilable. In recent years, out of roughly 20,000,000 …

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