PROBATE: General Information

This page is currently under construction. In the meantime, you may refer to:

WEB BASED RESOURCES

• Conservatorships (California Courts website)
• Guardianships (California Courts website)
• Wills, Estates, and Probate (California Courts website)
• Changing Your Gender and Name
• Elder Abuse (Superior Court of Orange County Self-Help Services website)
• Probate/Mental Health (Superior Court of Orange County website)
• Do I Need a Will? (State Bar of California)
• Do I Need Estate Planning? (State Bar of California)
• Do I Need a Living Trust? (State Bar of California)
• Seniors and the Law-A Guide a Maturing Californians (State Bar of California)

CLINICS

• Guardianship Clinic: Asking for Custody When you are not the Parent
• Clinic for Limited Conservatorship Cases: For Adult or Soon-To-Be-Adult With Developmental Disabilities
• Orientation for New Conservators

FORMS

• Links to State, Local, and Interactive fillable forms

LAWS

• Probate Code
• Code of Civil Procedure
• California Rules of Court
• Superior Court of Orange County Local Rules of Court

ASSISTANCE BY PHONE OR IN PERSON

• Superior Court of Orange County Self-Help Centers
• Superior Court of Orange County Probate Division