Genene N. Dunn

Genene N. Dunn is a estate planning and probate attorney who has been working with estate and probate matters since 2010. She is a Partner at HUNSBERGER DUNN LLP, which has been serving Orange County for over 30 years. Genene's practice areas include Estate Planning, Probate, Trust Administration, Wills, Business Planning, Guardianships, Conservatorships, and Trust Disputes. At HUNSBERGER DUNN LLP, she handles estates with values as low as $50,000 to those as high as $130 million.

Genuine received her J.D. from Whittier Law School in 2014. She is a member of the Orange County Bar Association, Orange County Women Lawyers Association, and State Bar of California, Trusts & Estates Section.

"There is no client too small or too large for our firm, and all clients are treated equally no matter the value of their estate. I help guide families through difficult court processes while keeping harmony among the members."

Probate

Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests

Estate Planning

Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills

Elder Law

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California

Partner

Hunsberger Dunn LLP

2016 - Current

Whittier Law School

J.D. (2014)

Villa Park Rotary Club

Member

2015 - Current

Orange County Bar Association

Member

2014 - Current

Activities: Continually involved with the bar association and attend several MCLE courses throughout the year to stay up to date on current laws and trends in the trust and estate area of the law

Orange County Women Lawyers Association

Member

2014 - Current

Q. Dad lives in California. Last 4 months was in hospice. He spent last 5days of life in North Carolina. Where probate?

April 20, 2022

A: good question. probate should be administered where the decedent was a resident at the time of death. With your facts, I would presume that California would be the appropriate state for probate as him being in North Carolina the last 5 days of his life would establish his residency in North Carolina. For the other question on the will, it depends on what the will of his friend says.

Q. My brother passed away without a will single never married no children both parents deceased leaving 2 siblings

January 19, 2022

A: It seems like you would be the heirs according to intestacy laws. You can inquire with the company who holds the Pension. If there was a death benefit it might have beneficiaries on it. If there are no beneficiaries, then the estate would be entitled to any death benefit and it depends on the amount due on what the proper procedure would be. You probably just need to start with a death certificate to ask if there are any beneficiaries listed.

Q. I am in the will, my Grandfather passed and left me $ to split with the grandchildren. My mon insists there is no will?

November 11, 2021

A: Hello Sasha. You mention and will and a trust. Do you have a copy of any documents from your grandfather or know the attorney that he might have used? You will have a very hard time without copies of anything. You can also check title to any property he owned to see if it was recorded into a trust. If it does show ownership in a trust you can possibly insist on being provided with a copy of the trust

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