California Court of Appeal

Probate Code section 4264, which allows an attorney-in-fact to create a new trust but prohibits him from changing beneficiaries absent express written permission, allows an attorney-in-fact to create a new trust that designates the principal only or reaffirm beneficiaries in an existing estate plan.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/10/2002
• Published 01/10/2002

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Law Offices of Mitchell Samuelson and Mitchell Samuelson for Defendant and Appellant., Daniel V. DuRoss, Manhattan Beach, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.