Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in California

The "sarcasm aside" remark was to the prior attorney's answer, which I found sarcastic and impolite. I don' t think you should have to update the HIPAA because that is basically to protect the doctor from your claim that s/he violated your privacy by discussing your medical condition with another. The HIPAA authorization allows the doctor to do that. That being said, I don't think it needs updating but that is only based on scan facts, Deanne. As to the Will, what circumstances are there that have changed that the lawyer refers to in saying you need to update it? Ask flat out, why do you think these need changing?

It was meant to be sarcastic because a lawyer cannot advise you as to whether a trust needs updating, or what you need to do without reviewing your estate planning needs and reviewing the trust and any other estate planning documents such as your health care directive and the pour over will.

It is tantamount to someone asking me about a contract without letting me see the contract. Any lawyer who answers without reviewing those documents and items is simply engaging in idle speculation. As my real property instructor used to say, law does not exist in a vacuum, and nature abhors a vacuum.