Legal-Ease

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…

By Staci Yamashita-Iida I recently created a revocable living trust for my 94-year-old grandmother. During the process, I asked her…

By Staci Yamashita-Iida, Esq. Coming from a Japanese American community, I grew up calling my friends’ parents “Auntie” and “Uncle.”…

By Staci Yamashita-Iida, Esq. For the past few months, my fiancé and I have spent our weekends house hunting. When…