• posted: Mar. 15, 2023
• Albert Lavezzo
• Personal Injury
• negligence per se,  liability,  damages

California law provides for determining liability in automobile accidents based on a pure comparative negligence system. That is, a party who is at fault for the collision is responsible for Read More

• posted: Feb. 28, 2023
• Albert Lavezzo
• Estate Planning
• probate,  living trust,  pour-over-will

One of the goals of estate planning is to pass on property to one’s intended beneficiaries without legal complications. Many estates must go through probate in a local or regional Read More

• posted: Feb. 15, 2023
• Albert Lavezzo
• Family Law
• children's preference,  child custody,  visitation

In California, child custody and visitation arrangements are decided by a family court judge. In the decision process, the child’s preference to spend more time with one parent or the Read More

• posted: Nov. 30, 2022
• Albert Lavezzo
• Family Law
• kinship adoption,  adoption fee

People adopt their relatives for a variety of reasons. A child might have been orphaned. Or the child’s natural parents might be imprisoned, institutionalized or incapable of properly raising the Read More

• posted: Nov. 15, 2022
• Albert Lavezzo
• Real Estate
• contractual disagreements

Real estate purchase and sale arrangements are typically complex and involve large amounts of money changing hands, which together can provide fertile ground for disputes. When conflicts arise, creative solutions Read More

• posted: Oct. 30, 2022
• Albert Lavezzo
• Estate Planning
• Medicaid,  Medi-Cal,  asset test

Medicaid (known as Medi-Cal in California) is a publicly funded healthcare program that provides medical services to the elderly, disabled, pregnant women and certain low-income individuals and families. Until recently, Read More

• posted: Oct. 15, 2022
• Albert Lavezzo
• Real Estate
• quiet title action,  competing ownership claims,  liens,  commercial real estate disputes

Verifying clear title to property is usually a routine part of a real estate transaction, but title issues become more complex when it appears that another party may have a Read More

• posted: Sep. 15, 2022
• Albert Lavezzo
• Personal Injury
• Auto Accident,  accident claim,  accident settlement

By most estimates, only 3 to 5 percent of auto accident cases go all the way to trial. That means that if you’re involved in an accident, the amount of Read More

• posted: Aug. 15, 2022
• Albert Lavezzo
• Real Estate
• Landlord tenant law,  California Tenant Protection Act,  At-fault just cause,  No-fault just cause

California cities have long struggled with a lack of affordable rental housing. San Francisco and Los Angeles enacted rent control laws in the 1970s and other cities followed suit, resulting Read More

• posted: Jul. 15, 2022
• Albert Lavezzo
• Estate Planning
• wills,  probate,  executors

Drawing up an enforceable will is an important responsibility. Though the process can be fairly straightforward with guidance from a knowledgeable attorney, deciding how you’d like your property distributed might Read More

• posted: Jun. 15, 2022
• Albert Lavezzo
• Estate Planning
• conservatorships,  guardianships

High-profile cases involving celebrity conservatorships have received substantial media attention in the past few years. Britney Spears and Amanda Bynes achieved stardom and fortune in their teens, but as adults Read More

• posted: May 15, 2022
• Albert Lavezzo
• Personal Injury
• COVID-19,  fatalities,  auto accidents

When COVID-19 first spread across the United States in the spring of 2020, businesses closed and daily routines were upended. Lockdowns, work-from-home arrangements and other measures designed to “stop the Read More

• posted: Apr. 15, 2022
• Albert Lavezzo
• Estate Planning
• probate,  living trust,  beneficiary,  trustee

A living trust is a widely used estate planning tool that can offer flexibility and allow you to maintain control over the assets during your lifetime. There are many different Read More

• posted: Mar. 15, 2022
• Albert Lavezzo
• Personal Injury
• negligence per se,  reasonable person,  pure comparative negligence

Being in a car accident can have a devastating impact on your life — physically, emotionally, and financially. If someone else’s negligence or recklessness behind the wheel caused in your Read More

• posted: Feb. 17, 2022
• Albert Lavezzo
• Family Law,  Divorce
• retirement plans,  divorce,  qualified domestic relations order

Dividing retirement benefits in a California divorce can be complex. Under state law, retirement assets accumulated during the course of the marriage are considered community property and subject to distribution Read More

• posted: May 22, 2020
• alavezzo
• Uncategorized
• COVID-19,  Divorce

Throughout the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed our daily routine in ways that none of us could have ever imagined. Like everyone else, spouses who are already experiencing Read More