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Steps to Write a Will if You Live in California Select the Assets to Include. Identify and list all the assets that you want to distribute through your will. Name Your Beneficiaries. Assign a Guardian for Children. Choose an Executor. Create Your Will. Sign the Will with Witnesses Present. Secure Your Will.
The decedent's original Will should be delivered to the Court of the County in which the estate of the decedent may be administered. Most commonly, this will be the County where the decedent resided at the time of death. This Court requires that the original Will be submitted on a stiff backing.
A: The probate process in Contra Costa County typically involves the following steps: filing a petition with the Contra Costa County Superior Court, appointing an executor or personal representative, gathering and inventorying assets, paying debts and taxes, and distributing assets to beneficiaries.
All Probate, Guardianship and Conservatorship documents are filed and heard in the Wakefield Taylor Courthouse in Martinez.
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In 1998, the Municipal Courts were abolished and we now have one unified Superior Court with courthouses in Martinez, Richmond, Walnut Creek and Pittsburg. Contra Costa County Superior Courts have been the venue of several high profile criminal and civil cases.