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  • 2018
    • October
      • Attorney John A. Messina, Jr. Recognized for Professional Excellence
    • September
      • Attorney Hankin Named to President's Circle of Top Attorneys in North America!
      • Messina & Hankin LLP Earns Place on Top 40 Wrongful Death Settlements List
    • April
      • Explaining Dynasty Trusts and Philanthropy
  • 2017
    • November
      • Your Mother's California Will Disinherits You But You And Your Sisters Are Joint Tenants With Right Of Survivorship On The Deed
      • A Real Estate Auction Is Held In Los Angeles County Superior Court
      • What To Do When Co-Owners of Real Property in California Don't Agree
    • January
      • Is Probate in California always required when someone dies?
  • 2016
    • November
      • Dual Agency; Not in the Consumer's Best Interest
    • October
      • Messina & Hankin Featured in California Funeral Directors Association - CFDA's Quarterly Newsletter.
    • September
      • Top Attorney - Theodore M. Hankin
    • August
      • AVAILABLE NOW: Purchase John Messina's book outlining California Commercial Lease Option Purchase Agreements
    • June
      • Messina & Hankin LLP Named Top Rated Lawyers per Martindale-Hubbell
    • April
      • AVAILABLE NOW: Messina & Hankin LLP Video Gallery
    • March
      • Victory in the 9th Circuit for John Messina
  • 2015
    • October
      • Monetary Damages Do Not Necessarily Achieve An Emotional Win
    • September
      • Did You Know That You Can Include Your Pets in Your Estate Plan in California?
      • Why a Trust and Not a Will in California?
      • My Loved One Died; How Do I Know if a Probate is Necessary in California?
      • If a Parcel of Land Owned by a Decedent Was Not Titled to the Trust in California, is All Lost?
      • Litigation is Like Lawyer Shows on Television (NOT)
    • June
      • I’m the Successor Trustee in California; What do I do Regarding Giving Notice?
    • March
      • When can Judgment Creditors Reach the Assets of a California Spendthrift Trust?
    • February
      • With the massive increase in baby boomers retiring over the next decade, proper estate planning is more important than ever
    • January
      • Some Probate and Trust Litigation War Stories in California
      • Why is There a Bypass Trust in Most Estate Plans? To Save Federal Estate Taxes on the Second Death.
  • 2014
    • December
      • When Litigating a Will or Trust Contest in California, What Evidence do I look for?
    • February
      • Undue Influence in California Will and Trust Contests
  • 2013
    • November
      • How to Contest a Will In California
      • Ted Hankin of Lytton Williams Messina and Hankin LLP as featured in: INLAND EMPIRE MAGAZINE, Top Lawyers Resource Guide, Fall 20
    • July
      • Judgments Come With An Expiration Date; Or Do They?
    • April
      • Patterns in Estate Planning in California
      • What Ifs??? Presented to the Estate Planner in California
      • Cause and Effect Resulting in California Will Contest
      • Cause and Effect Resulting in California Trust Contest
  • 2012
    • August
      • Radio Show Interview KLAA 830AM The Business Experience Show with guest Ted Hankin
    • July
      • What is the Unlimited Marital Deduction? How Does it Work?
      • I Have A Revocable Living Trust, Isn't That Enough To Avoid Probate In California?
      • Why is Funding a Trust Important in California?
      • What is a "Pour-Over Will" and Why Do I Need One if I Have a Trust in California?
      • What If I am Really Careful About Funding My Trust; Do I Still Need a Pour-Over Will in California?
    • January
      • What to do about Digital Assets after your death in California
  • 2008
    • November
      • You Cannot Divide A Single Family Residence; Partition By Sale Is The Remedy
    • October
      • The Joint Tenancy Deed Trumps the Will
  • 2007
    • December
      • I Can't Be Disinherited In California, Can I?
    • November
      • When Co-Tenants Are Fighting A California Court Can Order That The Property Be Sold
      • California Protects Seniors from Abuse and Undue Influence
      • Resolution of Litigation in California
      • I Found DNA in a Hospital in California
      • DNA ... Who Has My Father's DNA? Fun in California.
      • To Inherit From A Natural Parent, An Adopted Away Child Must Satisfy Specific Requirements
      • In California, a Step-Parent Adoption May Cut-Off the Adopted Child’s Inheritance Rights From a Natural Parent
      • When is a Daughter Not an Heir of Her Natural Father’s Probate Estate in California?
      • California Probate Petition is Filed by Half-Sister Seeking to be Declared the Sole Heir; The Fun Begins
      • Dying Without a Will in California
    • October
      • Proof of Undue Influence at Trial in the Orange County, California, Superior Court
      • Trial In the Orange County Supeior Court, Santa Ana, California
      • Orange County Superior Court Procedure
      • Using Mediation in California to Settle a Case
      • California Discovery Statutes Apply in Trust Litigation
      • In California, Trust Accountings Must Disclose All Activity with Trust Assets
      • California Living Trust Trustee Must Respond to Petition for Accounting
      • California Law Allows Living Trust Beneficiaries to Compel Accountings and Make Trustee's Report Their Management of Trust Money
      • California Living Trust Beneficiary Compels Accounting to Obtain Distribution from Trust
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