When a court renders a decision of another court to be invalid, that verdict or decision is set aside; see also annul or vacate. The phrase is often used in the context of appeals, when an appellate court invalidates the judgment of a lower court.
Unsupervised probate, also known as independent administration, is a type of probate that does not require court supervision or approval for every action of the executor or administrator.
Circumstances where a contract may be set aside include where a party has entered into the contract as a result of undue influence exercised over that person by another party or where one or both parties have entered into the contract under a mistake of fact.
Property that is held in a revocable trust will avoid probate. However, it is not sufficient to just have a revocable trust. The deceased person's property must be held in it when she dies. Once a person signs a revocable trust, she should immediately transfer her property to the trust.
A Section 13650 set-aside leaves the surviving spouse open to a significant financial risk of exposure to decedent's creditors because to the extent the decedent's and surviving spouse's interests in community and/or quasi-community property, and decedent's separate property interests that pass to the surviving spouse ...
Informal probate is the process for asking the court to appoint a personal representative for a decedent's estate without a hearing. This process is usually used when all interested parties agree about who should be appointed personal representative and how the estate should be distributed.