have to agree. the average payout i've seen is $10K or less per homeowner. The highest settlement I saw was about $113K for one homeowner. But he had some special expensive, italian marble flooring that had cracks all over due to foundation issues. Rare exception.
the original homeowner can sell the home during a pending construction defect lawsuit but you are required to diclose that to the potential buyer. the potential buyer will have to disclose to its lender and this may affect financing until the defects are cured.
it's not really any specific issue. these construction defect plaintiff's firm, namely Milstein Adelman, send mass letters out to new construction homeowners around year 6-7 (10 years statute of limitations for latent defects) in hopes that homeowners will join in a class action lawsuit against...
http://calbar.ca.gov/Public/Pamphlets/LivingTrust.aspxhttp://calbar.ca.gov/Public/Pamphlets/EstatePlanning.aspx
There is also a wills form under forms section.
it won't be too bad... took 2 kids ages 1 and 4 on multiple international flights and had no real problems. ipad, headphones for the ipad, endless snacks. if you time the flight to coincide with naps and/or bedtime, even better!