Best (and latest) Practices for Trust, Estate and Financial Elder Abuse Mediations

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!

John A. Hartog named to Best Lawyers in America for 2020. Recognition is based on peer review by leading lawyers in the Trusts & Estates practice in Northern California. As noted on the Best Lawyers website, “Best lawyers know who the best lawyers are.”

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.