Law Office of Ravi Patel
California Probate & Heggstad Petitions
When a home or account is stuck after a death, we go to court to move it to the people entitled to it, in any California county.
Outcome-Based Pricing·Nothing Due Until You Win·All 58 California Counties
All 58 counties
We file statewide, wherever your case belongs.
Nothing due until you win
No legal fees until you have a signed court order in hand.
Fast when time is short
Ex parte petitions can get an order in days when all parties consent.
Flat-fee petitions
Heggstad and Primary Residence petitions are priced up front.
Practice Areas
Court petitions that move property after a death, handled start to finish.
Heggstad Petitions
A home or account was left out of a loved one’s trust. A Heggstad petition fixes it without probate, with outcome-based pricing: no legal fees due until you have a signed court order in hand.
02Primary Residence Petitions
California’s new 2025 shortcut. If a loved one’s home was worth $750,000 or less, the court can transfer it directly to the heirs, with no probate administration.
03California Probate
When probate can’t be avoided, we make it efficient, anywhere in California, with fast ex parte relief when time is short and discounts for smaller estates.
04Inherited Home Foreclosures
Inherited a home that is headed to a foreclosure sale? We work to stop the sale and give the family time to sell at full market value.
05Probate Shortcuts
Small-estate affidavits, the DE-305 affidavit for real property, and other lawful paths through probate in months instead of years.
Recent Matters
Serving all of California.
Riverside County
Ex parte Primary Residence Petition granted with all parties consenting, transferring the family home to the heirs in days to meet a pending sale deadline.
Stanislaus County
Primary Residence Petition granted, transferring a decedent’s home directly to her heirs with no probate administration; the recorded order placed title in the heirs’ names.
Orange County
Heggstad petition granted for bank accounts left out of trust.
Kern County
Heggstad petition granted to surviving children for property taken out of trust by refinance.
How it works
Free consultation
Tell us what happened. We’ll tell you which path fits and what it costs.
We prepare and file
We draft the petition, give notice to everyone entitled to it, and handle the hearing.
Order and transfer
Once the judge signs the order, we record it or deliver it to the bank so the property can move.
Client Reviews
Not sure which path fits your family?
Book a free consultation. We’ll look at the documents and tell you what we would do.