Probate
Dec. 10, 2009
Probate Decision Stirs Reactions
Described as either clarifying the law or a cautionary "do-as-you-please key" for judges, an appellate decision on the equitable powers of a probate court has drawn strongly different reactions.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Described as either clarifying the law or a cautionary "do-as-you-please key" for judges, an appellate decision on the equitable powers of a probate court has drawn strongly different reactions.
In its opinion, a panel of the 5th District Court of Appeal in Fresno upheld a probate judge's equitable authority to award attorneys' fees and costs against a beneficiary'...
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