Oxnard firm serving Ventura County with probate, trust administration, and elder law alongside estate planning. Litigates will contests, trust challenges, breach of fiduciary duty claims, trustee and executor removal petitions, contested conservatorships, and intestate succession disputes, representing both beneficiaries and fiduciaries. Serving the county since 1990.
Ventura is in Ventura County.
More Trust Litigation Firms in Ventura County
Represents executors and successor trustees through probate and trust administration across Los Angeles, Ventura, and Kern Counties, from offices in Oxnard, Valencia, Bakersfield, and West Los Angeles. It litigates will contests, trust disputes, and financial elder abuse, and handles Medi-Cal planning. Its principal attorney is a State Bar certified specialist in probate and trust law.
Oxnard firm in the Topa Financial Plaza serving Ventura County and the Central Coast since 1913. Its Trusts, Estates and Taxation group handles decedent estate administration and probate, trust administration, and disputes including will and trust contests, accounting disputes, and claims involving trustees.
Probate in Ventura County
Probate Court Record
Ventura County Superior Court - Probate Division
Ventura County
Phone
Hours
Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:00 PM (except holidays)
Office
4353 East Vineyard Avenue, Oxnard, CA 93036
Website
E-filing
Filing in person
Walk-ins accepted
Self-represented filing
Allowed
Self-help forms
How to file probate in Ventura County →
Verified October 15, 2026 · Source
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Forms for Planning and Settling an Estate in California
Free California forms to plan or settle an estate: a will, trust, powers of attorney, TOD deed and the probate forms. Prepare each form for California.
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How Do I Settle a Trust?
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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What's Fair Trustee Compensation?
In California, trustee compensation follows "reasonable compensation" (UTC § 708 or equivalent)Cal. Prob. Code §§ 15680-15688Verified Sep 18, 2026View source unless the trust instrument sets a different amount.
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How Do I Settle an Estate?
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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