When a California homeowner dies without a Living Trust, the house does not automatically transfer to the family in every situation. What happens next depends on how the home is titled, whether there is a Will, whether there are surviving co-owners, and whether a simplified California Probate process applies. For many families, a house is

When someone dies in California, jointly owned property does not always go through Probate. In many cases, the surviving owner may receive the property automatically. But this depends on how the property is titled. The most important rule is simple: title controls what happens after death. Joint tenancy, community property with right of survivorship, community