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California Heggstad Petition

I have blogged several times before about the California Heggstad petition. It’s a way to get an asset into a trust after death without going through a full probate. However, I had to think about it how many different ways I have seen people ask about this petition? The official case, that generated the “law” […]

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Transferring Property to Trust AFTER Death

I have written before about Heggstad petitions.  In particular you can see my formal article, with case background information, on my website at https://www.californiaprobate.info/probate/petition-related-to-trusts As stated there a Heggstad petition is a way to get property (real and personal) into your California trust AFTER death.  It can be used for almost any assets: bank accounts, stock […]

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