TRUST & PROBATE LITIGATION
         
           Law office of George M. Halimi is involved in probate litigation, living trust litigation, and estate litigation. The areas covered are will contest, trust contest, lack of mental capacity, undue influence, fraud, duress and menace, elder abuse, breach of fiduciary duties, misappropriation of assets, trustee and representative removal, trustee and representative accounting, disqualification of trustees of living trust, disqualification of representatives of estate, disqualification of beneficiaries, real estate disputes, confirming living trust assets, determination of living trust assets, spousal property dispute, modification of living trust, termination of living trust, appointment of successor trustee of living trust, obtaining instruction from court, claims against third parties, third parties’ claims against the trust and estate, and appealing court judgments.
        The parties we represent in the living trust litigation are the trust settlors, the trustees of living trust, the beneficiaries of living trust, the heirs of settlors’ estate, and third parties that have claims against the trust or there is a claim against them by the trust.
     The parties we represent in the probate litigation are the executors and administrators of estate, beneficiaries of estate, heirs of estate, and third parties that have claims against the estate or there is a claim against them by the estate.
        Probate department of Superior Court has jurisdiction to litigate between the parties pertaining to the administration of trust and estate, rights and liabilities of parties, and properties of the trust and estate.  In certain circumstances, the same power has been given to the civil department of California Superior Court. 
           For more information call us at (310)553-5562.