The $750,000 Question:​

Is AB 2016 Right for Your Probate Case?​

This MCLE activity relates to legal subjects directly relevant to licensees of the State Bar and have current significant educational professional, or practical content, with an objective to increase each participant’s professional competency as an attorney.

This MCLE activity provides educational or practical instructions in the practice of law, and specifically the practice of Decedent’s Estate Administration as it relates to Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law.

This program provides highly detailed educational content on Assembly Bill 2016 as it has revised the former Petition to Determine Succession to Real Property with the new Petition to Determine Succession to Primary Residence probate procedure as allowed under the California Probate Code.  The presentation also explains important considerations, debts of the decedent, income taxes of the decedent, and when best to use this procedure.  The depth of information is beyond a basic level.   Detailed knowledge of the decedent’s debts, income taxes, primary residence, intestate succession, relationships of parties, and probate processes is necessary in any decedent’s estate to know when this procedure should be used and whether it is best for any particular estate.

More specifically, this MCLE activity provides high-quality legal education in one or more of the following areas for LSMCLE credit:

Administration of a decedent’s estate, probate, and summary proceedings