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Astrue v. Capato

Administrative Law, Family Law, Government Benefits, Juvenile Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a case in which a widow gave birth to twins conceived through in vitro fertilization using her husband’s frozen sperm and then applied for Social...

Estates of Collins and Flowers

Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate
In a probate action seeking to quiet title to a house and obtain other relief against persons whose interests stemmed from a forged deed, the trial...

Beckwith v. Dahl

Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a suit alleging intentional interference with an expected inheritance (IIEI) and deceit by false promise, the trial court's order sustaining a...

Estate of Morgens v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Probate, Trusts & Estates, Tax Law
In a case in which the IRS determined a deficiency based on the failure of an estate to include gift tax paid by the donee trustees of a Qualifying...

Knox v. Dean

Elder Law, Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a dispute over a conservator's actions with regard to the plaintiff's elderly father, the trial court's grant of the conservator's motion for...

In re Kaylee H.

Family Law, Juvenile Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
A juvenile court order terminating a guardianship and granting a dependency petition is reversed, where: 1) the juvenile court abused its discretion...

King v. Lynch

Probate, Trusts & Estates
An order granting a petition to determine the construction of a trust and the validity of certain trust amendments is affirmed, where the trust...

Estate of Palumbo v. US

Attorney's Fees, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a successful suit against the United States for an estate tax refund, the district court's denial of attorney's fees and costs to the estate is...

Donkin v. Donkin

Probate, Trusts & Estates
On trustees' appeal of a trial court order stating that trust beneficiaries' petition to compel a proper accounting and seeking other relief did not...

Estate of Kensinger v. URL Pharma, Inc.

ERISA, Family Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In an action by a decedent's estate against an ERISA plan administrator and the decedent's ex-wife, who was a named beneficiary on her ex-husband's...