Year: 2017

DEED FEE INCREASE   Recently, California Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 2, a bill intended to address the issue of affordable housing, into law. SB 2 imposes a surcharge on recorded [...]

  All of the estate plans completed by the Law Offices of C.R. Abrams contained a “Spendthrift Provision”. This clause is usually Section 5.2 of the Declaration of Trust. The [...]

How the heck were you supposed to know that you have to withdraw certain amounts out of your IRA? Once you reach age 70½, if you have money in traditional [...]

Beginning January 1, 2017, the laws which allow the State of California to seek repayment from the estates of Medi-Cali recipients will be severely narrowed...