Estate planning, probate, and trust administration firm with offices in Murrieta and San Diego, serving Temecula, Menifee, Hemet, Lake Elsinore, Moreno Valley, Palm Springs, Perris, Riverside, Poway, and Rancho Bernardo. Consultations are not charged for and can be held remotely by video or phone.
Temecula is in Riverside County.
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Serves San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, and Los Angeles counties from San Bernardino, with three Orange County and desert offices. Handles probate and trust administration, will contests and trust disputes, guardianships, conservatorships, and elder abuse claims. Thomas W. Dominick chairs the trusts and estates department and is a State Bar certified specialist; the firm dates to 1948.
Serves Hemet and eastern Riverside County. The practice is limited to estate planning and estate administration: filing the will with the probate court, collecting and valuing assets, paying estate taxes, and guiding trustees through accountings and distributions. Kevin R. Brown has practiced exclusively in this field since 1989 and holds an LLM in taxation.
Riverside practice serving Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, and Los Angeles counties. Handles probate and estate administration, trust administration, trust and will litigation, spousal property petitions, conservatorships, and guardianships. Kristine M. Borgia is a State Bar of California certified specialist in trust, estate planning, and probate law, and is fluent in Spanish.
Riverside practice focused on probate across Southern California and the Inland Empire, including large estates, spousal property petitions, out-of-state probate, and summary procedures for smaller estates. Serves Anaheim, Chino Hills, Claremont, Fullerton, Rancho Cucamonga, Riverside, Santa Ana, and Upland. Offers free consultations, virtual consultations, and remote case management.
Schlecht, Shevlin & Shoenberger, A Law Corporation
801 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Suite 100, Palm Springs, CA 92262
Palm Springs firm serving the Coachella Valley, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties with probate and estate administration, trust administration, and will-contest and trust litigation alongside estate planning, conservatorships, and guardianships. Led by a bar-certified specialist in estate planning, trust and probate law; the attorneys have over 170 years of combined experience.
Probate in Riverside County
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Riverside County Superior Court - Probate Division
Riverside County
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Monday-Friday 7:30 AM-4:00 PM
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4050 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92501
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Settling a trust in California happens outside court: the trustee acts under the state's trust statuteCal. Prob. Code § 15000 et seq.Verified Oct 17, 2026View source, notifies the beneficiaries within 60 daysCal. Prob. Code §§ 16061.7, 16061.8, 16064, 16460Verified Sep 15, 2026View source, then pays the debts and distributes under the trust's terms.
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Settling an estate in California: the personal representative files the estate inventory within 120 daysCal. Prob. Code §§ 8800-8804, 8900-8903Verified Sep 15, 2026View source of appointment; creditors have 4 monthsCal. Prob. Code §§ 9050-9054, 9100-9104, 9150, 9153, 9256, 9353, 11420; CCP § 366.2Verified Oct 18, 2026View source to present claims; a simple estate closes in 9 months to 12 months.
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Inherited assets in California take a basis reset to fair market value on the date of death26 USC § 1014Verified Sep 15, 2026View source, and the gain on a later sale faces ordinary income tax at the state's regular ratesCal. Rev. & Tax. Code § 17041(a), (e), (h) — rate schedule; estates/trusts taxed at individual rates; annual bracket indexingVerified Sep 15, 2026View source.
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