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Charles Schwab & Co. v. Debickero

Banking Law, ERISA, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Tax Law
In an interpleader action by a bank seeking to determine the ownership of an IRA account held by decedent, summary judgment for the named...

Suleman v. Sup. Ct.

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Government Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
A petition for a writ of mandate by plaintiff, commonly referred to in the media as the "Octomom", challenging the probate court's denial of her...

Suleman v. Sup. Ct.

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Government Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
A petition for a writ of mandate by plaintiff, commonly referred to in the media as the "Octomom", challenging the probate court's denial of her...

Balian v. Balian

Administrative Law, Government Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
Probate court's order granting a declaratory relief petition brought by a trust beneficiary to determine that a proposed petition to modify an...

Rudnick v. Rudnick

Attorney's Fees, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In an action by minority interest-holding beneficiaries opposing trustee's sale of the estate's principal asset, probate court's order awarding...

In re: Hausman

Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a probate proceeding, the appellate division's order voiding a deed transferring the estate's property is affirmed where decedent's children did...

Chatard v. Oveross

Probate, Trusts & Estates
Trial court's order directing that its surcharge order upon former trustee be satisfied from her distributive share of the trust estate is affirmed as...

Presta v. Tepper

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's suit against his former partner's widow for her refusal to sell the trusts' interests in two partnerships to plaintiff, judgment of the...

Nelson v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In plaintiff-trust's suit against defendant-Exxon claiming contamination of its water supply and other allegations, judgment of the trial court is...

1680 Prop. Trust v. Newman Trust

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In plaintiffs' suit against the defendant-Newman Trust for breach of fiduciary duty based on fraud, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed as the...