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In re: Bikman

Administrative Law, Government Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate
In an abandonment application proceeding before the Loft Board, the appellate division's affirmance of the trial court's order annulling the...

In the Matter of: Laughlin

Property Law & Real Estate, Bankruptcy Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In debtor's appeal from a district court's order affirming a bankruptcy court's judgment denying discharge pursuant to 11 U.S.C. section 727(a)(2),...

Wackman v. Rubsamen

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Remedies
In an action for wrongful death against plaintiffs' decedent's caretaker, judgment for plaintiffs is affirmed in part where: 1) the court rejected...

Leader v. Cords

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a petition by trust beneficiaries for an order compelling the trustee to make a final distribution and finding of breach of trust, the probate...

In re: Marshall

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In an action based on defendant's purported tortious interference with a substantial inter vivos gift that plaintiff's late husband intended to give...

Jimenez v. Rodriguez-Pagan

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs' action her share of her deceased husband's interest in an apartment complex development, district court's dismissal is vacated and...

Donahue v. Donahue

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Probate, Trusts & Estates
Trial court's order, charging a trust with some $5 million in past and ongoing attorney fees incurred on behalf of a former trustee in defending...

Conservatorship of John L.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a petition to establish a conservatorship of a person pursuant to the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, the judgment of the court of appeal is affirmed...

Estate of Tolman

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
Denial of a granddaughter's petition to determine persons entitled to distribution from her grandmother's estate is affirmed as the exclusion of...

Estate of Artall v. Comm'r. of Int'l. Rev.

Probate, Trusts & Estates, Tax Law
In the taxpayer's appeal from the tax court's approval of the IRS Commissioner's disallowance of a "qualified family-owned business interest" estate...