Probate Initiation: An interested party, often a family member or creditor, petitions the probate court to open an intestate estate. Appointment of Administrator: The court appoints an administrator ...

SLAPPs (Strategic Law Suits Against Public Participation) have proliferated in California over the past two decades. In fact, these suits are so popular, there is even a new litigation response, the ...

To see what kinds of issues are brought forward in legal process reasoning, we can consider this straightforward question: when should a contract be enforced by a decree of specific performance? One ...