Service area
San Jose first. The whole Bay Area when the case calls for it.
We meet by video anywhere in California and go to court in person. We handle trust and estate cases in Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose and across the Bay Area, in San Mateo, Alameda, and San Francisco counties. We meet by video. No office visits, no parking, no waiting rooms. San Jose, California.
Courts
Where Bay Area trust and estate cases are heard.
Santa Clara County Superior Court
San Jose
San Mateo County Superior Court
Redwood City
Alameda County Superior Court
Oakland
San Francisco Superior Court
San Francisco
Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County cases are heard in San Jose.
Every trust and estate dispute in the county, from Palo Alto to Morgan Hill, is filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose, the probate court for the county. That includes the complex estates from Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Saratoga, and Los Gatos.
San Jose
Trust and estate cases for San Jose families are heard in Santa Clara County Superior Court, the probate court for the county. Hearings happen in person; everything else, we do by video.
Palo Alto
Palo Alto estates often hold company stock and real property that has appreciated for decades. Those cases are filed in San Jose, not locally.
Los Altos
Los Altos estates often hold a home bought decades ago and a brokerage account with its own beneficiary form. Those disputes are filed in the probate court in San Jose.
Los Altos Hills
Los Altos Hills trusts tend to hold one very valuable property and, often, an LLC or a family business. Complex estate cases from Los Altos Hills are heard in San Jose.
Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale trust disputes go to the San Jose probate courthouse. We meet Sunnyvale clients by video, so there is no drive to make.
Mountain View
Mountain View families with a trust dispute file in Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose.
Cupertino
Cupertino cases are heard in San Jose. Many involve a family home held in trust for decades.
Los Gatos
Los Gatos and Monte Sereno trust and will contests are filed in the probate court in San Jose.
Saratoga
Saratoga estates frequently involve blended families and late amendments. Cases go to San Jose.
Campbell
Campbell is minutes from the San Jose courthouse, which matters on hearing day. The rest of the case happens by video.
Milpitas
Milpitas trust and elder abuse matters are filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose.
San Mateo County
Peninsula cases are heard in Redwood City.
Atherton, Menlo Park, Woodside, Portola Valley, Hillsborough, and Burlingame are in San Mateo County, so their trust and estate disputes go to San Mateo County Superior Court in Redwood City. Complex estates, with several properties, an LLC, or a family business held in trust, are common in these communities.
Atherton
Atherton is in San Mateo County, so an Atherton trust or estate dispute is filed in San Mateo County Superior Court in Redwood City. Many involve several properties and a blended family.
Menlo Park
Menlo Park cases go to San Mateo County Superior Court in Redwood City. We meet Menlo Park clients by video.
Woodside
Woodside estates often hold acreage, an LLC, or a family business alongside the house. Those cases are filed in Redwood City, not San Jose.
Portola Valley
Portola Valley sits in San Mateo County. Trust and estate disputes are heard in the Superior Court in Redwood City.
Hillsborough
Hillsborough estates are among the largest on the Peninsula, and the disputes tend to match. Cases are filed in San Mateo County Superior Court in Redwood City.
Burlingame
Burlingame trust and will contests go to San Mateo County Superior Court in Redwood City, a short drive down the 101. Everything before the hearing happens by video.
Alameda County
Fremont and the East Bay go to Alameda County Superior Court.
Fremont, Newark, and Union City sit in Alameda County, so their probate cases are heard in Oakland. We meet East Bay clients by video.
Fremont
Fremont sits in Alameda County, so a Fremont trust dispute is usually filed in Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland.
San Francisco and the rest of the Peninsula
San Francisco cases are filed in San Francisco Superior Court.
Families in San Francisco, and in Peninsula cities not listed above such as Redwood City and San Mateo, bring trust and estate disputes to the San Francisco and San Mateo County Superior Courts. We handle both, and the first conversation works the same way wherever you are: by video, about dates first.
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