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Q. What is workers’ compensation?

A. Workers’ compensation is benefits that your employer is required by law to pay for if you have a work-related injury or illness. There are two main types of injuries:

1. One accident/event at work. This could include hurting your back in a fall or burning yourself while on the job.

2. Repeated exposures at work. This could include losing hearing due to perpetual loud noise or hurting your elbow from repeated motions.

If a resident of California dies without a will or trust, this means that they die "intestate." Because the person did not leave instructions regarding how they wished their property to be divided, the laws of intestate succession determine who will inherit the estate.

The rules regarding intestacy laws are generally as follows:

1) If there is a surviving spouse and no children –> surviving spouse takes the entire estate

2) If there are children but no surviving spouse –> children take entire estate

Govenor Brown released a revised state budget that, again, negatively targets the judiciary. Below is an excerpt from the proposed state budget:

Funding Courts Budgets From Alternative Sources