A cabin in Oregon does not answer to a California trust unless somebody made it.
Property outside California is governed by the law of the state it sits in. A California trust can hold it, but only once a deed valid in that state has been recorded there.
Left undone, a single out of state asset can require its own proceeding in that state after a death, for months, alongside the California administration.
What this involves
- Deeds recorded in the state where the property sits
- Coordinating with local counsel
- Avoiding a second proceeding after a death
- Timeshares, mineral rights and the awkward assets
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