Legal-Ease

Staci Yamashita-Iida By Staci Yamashita-Iida, Esq. Last March, Craig Ishii, executive director of the nonprofit organization Kizuna, forwarded me an…

By Staci Yamashita-Iida, Esq. Every couple of months, my law firm holds seminars discussing Estate Planning, Trust Administration, Probate, Medi-Cal…

Staci Yamashita-Iida By Staci Yamashita-Iida, Esq. A few weeks ago, I met with a widower who was getting his affairs…

By Staci Yamashita-Iida, Esq. My grade school teacher always used to tell me, “There is no such thing as a…

By Staci Yamashita-Iida, Esq. “I just don’t want my kids to fight.” This is a phrase frequently uttered by my…

By Staci Yamashita-Iida As a CPA and an estate planning attorney, respectively, my fiancé and I often find our dinner…

By Staci Yamashita-Iida You may have heard the buzz about California’s newest real estate practice: the Transfer on Death (“TOD”)…

By Staci Yamashita-Iida, Esq. Will my Will work? Can I trust my Trust? If you’ve created your Estate Plan online,…

By Staci Yamashita-Iida In my last article, I explained why I chose to name this column “Legal-Ease” (“Estate Planning From…

By Staci Yamashita-Iida When I was in law school, my professors told me that learning the law is like learning…