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Estate of Felder

Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate
In a property matter in which objector sought the deposit he paid as a defaulting purchaser of real property owned in part by the estate, probate...

Haneline Pacific Properties, LLC v. May

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate
Grant of defendant's anti-strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP) motion is reversed and remanded where: 1) the gravamen of...

Dummar v. Lummis

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a case involving the estate of the late billionaire Howard Hughes alleging that defendants deprived plaintiff of his inheritance by conspiring to...

Estate of Kievernagel

Contracts, Family Law, Health Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a suit by widow for use of her late husband's frozen sperm to attempt to conceive a child despite signed agreement by late husband to discard sperm...

Masry v. Masry

Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a probate matter, judgment finding that husband's revocation from joint trust was valid is affirmed where: 1) the revocation provision in the trust...

Estate of Clementi

Probate, Trusts & Estates
Denial of petition to revoke probate is affirmed where: 1) the deceased manifested a sufficient intent to create a charitable trust through his will,...

Estate of Heath

Probate, Trusts & Estates
Probate court order appointing niece of the deceased as administrator is reversed where the appointed administrator did not "succeed" to a portion of...

Estate of Thottam

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Evidence, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a mediation matter relating to distribution of assets to the three children of the deceased, judgment is reversed where: 1) there is nothing in...

Estate of Molino

Contracts, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In probate proceedings involving appellant's claims that he had valid assignments entitling him to a percentage of respondents' inheritance, summary...

Robinson v. N. Pond Hunting Club

Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate
Denial of a complaint for partition of a land trust held by a hunting club which arose from the other members' desire to remove the plaintiff from the...