The Validity of a trust amendment was at issue in the recent Haggerty v. Thornton opinion from the California Supreme Court, which resolved a split of authority among the California Circuit Courts.
In an increasingly paperless world, is it time to update the law to allow electronic wills?
Married couples often don’t give much thought to the characterization of their property as community or separate. In general, community property is all real or personal property acquired by a married person during the marriage. Separate property is all property owned by the person before the marriage, all property acquired by the person after marriage by gift, bequest or devise, and the rents and profits from the person’s separate property.
Hartog, Baer & Hand congratulates Principal Andrew Verriere for his appointment to the board of directors for the Contra Costa County Bar Association (CCCBA). Thank you for your outstanding leadership in our community!