Top probate Lawyers in Oceanside | 4 available

4 probate lawyers are available in Oceanside, california, including Kelly L. Hinds, Marilyn Shea, Richard L. Manwaring, and Susan R. Rodak. These lawyers are rated between 3.4/5 to 3.8/5 and 57% provide free consultation.

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Marilyn Shea

Susan R. Rodak

Kelly L. Hinds

probate Lawyers Nearby Oceanside (by distance)

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Temecula, California ZIP 92590 21.5 mi away 3 lawyers

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Richard L. Manwaring

Firm: The Legal Center, A.P.C.

323 North Coast Highway D 92 , Oceanside , California 92054

Practice Areas: Adoption,Business & Commercial,Business ,Child Custody & Visitation,Child Support,Contracts,Divorce,Domestic Violence,Estate Planning,Family ,Guardianship and Conservatorship,Probate ,Real Estate ,Spousal Support,Trusts,Wills

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“Mr. Manwaring (Richard) is a great lawyer and did great on my complicated case, when my child's father tried to take custody of my little girl after a...”

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“I was recommended to Richard Manwaring by a friend who had just finished up their divorce. I was currently in the middle of my divorce and very unhappy with...”

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Marilyn Shea

Firm: Marilyn Shea

2103 El Camino Real #108A 920 , Oceanside , California 92054

Practice Areas: Elder ,Estate Planning,Government Agencies,Health Care & Hospitalization,Probate ,Trusts,Wills

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Susan R. Rodak

Firm: Palmer Rodak and Associates

2420 Vista Way 110 , Oceanside , California 92054

Practice Areas: Civil ,Estate Planning,Family ,Personal Injury,Probate

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Kelly L. Hinds

Firm: Greenman, Lacy, Klein, Hinds, Weiser

900 Pier View Way , Oceanside , California 92054

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Probate, Wills, Trusts

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California probate — minor child denied family allowance despite Estate of Jameson; looking for insight on whether ruling is legally supportable | Aug 22, 2026 | Sourced from Reddit
Location: California I’m involved in a contested probate matter involving a minor child of the decedent. I was appointed Guardian ad Litem for the minor. I am not an attorney, but the probate court allowed me to appear in pro per as GAL, file pleadings, and argue the minor’s family allowance request. I have since learned there may be a separate issue about whether a non-attorney GAL can properly represent a minor in litigation without counsel, so that is now something we are also trying to sort out. The immediate issue is a family allowance under California Probate Code § 6540. Before the father’s death, the household had approximately $13,790/month in resources from both parents’ employment income plus $1,000/month rental income. When he died, his income and the rental income stopped being available to the household, which was a loss of more than 52% of the household’s pre-death resources. The child remained in the same home with substantially the same housing and maintenance expenses. She later began receiving approximately $1,693/month in Social Security survivor benefits. I recommended a $2,750/month family allowance after considering the child’s circumstances, the surviving parent’s continuing income, Social Security, the estate’s solvency, pre- and post-death household resources, and recurring expenses. I expressly did not claim that there was a mathematical formula for arriving at $2,750. The estate administrator opposed the amount and argued, among other things, that the minor’s directly attributable expenses were less than her Social Security benefit. Their calculation assigned no meaningful amount to…

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