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Probate

Jul. 22, 1999

Biased Bequest?

Biased Bequest? Attorneys Who Draft Wills That Benefit Themselves Carry Heavy Burden 'Angel View' is a lesson to counsel who draft testamentary instruments in which they are a beneficiary.

        By Marshal A. Oldman and Susan J. Cooley
        
        In Bank of America v. Angel View Crippled Children's Found., 72 Cal.App.4th 451 (1999), the 1st District Court of Appeal interpreted and applied Probate Code Sections 21350 and 21351 to a trust that was drafted long before the effective date of the statutes. Section 21350 di...

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