Focus (Forum & Focus)
Mar. 8, 2008
When There's a Will
Forum Column - By Ira L. Shafiroff - A proposed bill would reduce the statute of wills to "he says, she says" battles of disappointed heirs and dissatisfied beneficiaries.
By Ira L. Shafiroff
This article appears on Page 6.
If it is true that tough cases make bad law, then In re Estate of Saueressig, 38 Cal.4th 1045 (2006), is a truly tough case, and AB 2248, if enacted, would be remarkably bad law.
Estate of Saueressig involved an interpretation of Section 6110 of the California Probate Code, our statute of wills. Section 6110...
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