Is your assignment to determine the intent of the parties in a document? Consider it as a whole; don’t cherry pick phrases and read them in isolation. I doesn’t matter whether you are issuing checks ...

Q: My wife and I have a family trust. About six years ago, we exchanged one of the properties for a house. This new house is community property with our son and his wife. They own 25 percent of the ...

Property acquired during marriage is presumed to be community property. Property acquired before marriage, by gift or by inheritance, is presumed to be separate property. Kenishirotie / Getty Images ...

My father transferred his ownership of his house to two of my brothers. He wants the profit divided into equal shares among all five children after he dies. My father is still alive and three of his ...