Representative Cases

Probate

• Bench trials to determine application of undue influence presumption.

• Trust disputes, including petitions to remove a trustee for breach of fiduciary duty, petitions for instruction, confirming trust assets and approving trust accounting.

• Admitted wills to probate, adjudicated petitions to establish heirship, to approve probate accounting, and for final distribution of estates. Opened and administered estates passing through intestate succession. Adjudicated petitions for conservatorship of person and estate, as well as mental health conservatorship petitions brought under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act.