California Probate Citation

Availability. You can obtain copies of the original probate records (such as wills and estate files) by writing to the county clerk. Many records of Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino, Nevada, Sonoma, and Sutter counties are at the California State Archives.

A conservatorship is a court case where a judge appoints a responsible person or organization (called the conservator) to care for another adult (called the conservatee) who cannot care for himself or herself or manage his or her own finances.

Conservatorship places another person or organization in charge of an adult's financial matters or care when that adult is incapacitated and unable to manage their own affairs.Conservators are charged with acting in the best interest of their ward.

Wills that have been delivered to the clerk of the court are public records. Anyone can go to the court and purchase a copy of the will. Copies are fifty cents per page.

Easy, just go to the court in the California County in which your loved one lived at the time of their death and ask for a copy because every Will is required by law to be lodge with the court after death.

A conservator will pay $465 for almost every single petition filed, and yet another $465 for each objection. On average, in the first year of an uncontested conservatorship proceeding, the filing fees and mandatory court costs are over $3,000.

A conservatorship of the property (estate) may be created for a person who is unable to resist fraud or undue influence, or who is substantially unable to manage his or her own financial resources.

There is no staute of limitations to file for probate.

As of Apr 13, 2021, the average annual pay for a Conservator in California is $36,110 an year. Just in case you need a simple salary calculator, that works out to be approximately $17.36 an hour. This is the equivalent of $694/week or $3,009/month.