California Court of Appeal

In a dispute over a decedent's estate involving revocable and irrevocable trusts, an order denying plaintiff's Probate Code section 21320 application based on her lack of standing for section 21320 relief is affirmed where, as part of its duty to oversee the administration of the estate and insure orderly administration of justice, the trial court properly concluded that plaintiff was no longer a beneficiary of the trusts at issue, and thus lacked standing to seek declaratory relief under section 21320.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/13/2008
• Published 05/13/2008

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mayall, Hurley, Knutsen, Smith & Green, Steven A. Malcoun and William J. Gorham III, Stockton, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Dowling, Aaron & Keeler, William J. Keeler, Jr., and Leigh W. Burnside, Fresno, for Defendants and Respondents.