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IN RE ESTATE OF GANONI

No. 1 CA-CV 14-0240.

357 P.3d 828 (2015)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Augusta A. GANONI, Deceased. Whitney L. Sorrell, a single man, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Joy Gaarde-Morton, as Putative Trustee of the Augusta A. Ganoni Restated Revocable Trust Dated August 7, 2000; Restatement Dated November 19, 2012, Defendant/Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1.

May 28, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Law Office of Libby Banks By Libby Hougland Banks , Phoenix, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Snell & Wilmer By Kevin J. Parker and Cory L. Braddock , Phoenix, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee.

Judge ANDREW W. GOULD delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Presiding Judge RANDALL M. HOWE and Judge PETER B. SWANN joined.

OPINION

¶ 1 Whitney Sorrell appeals the trial court's judgment invalidating a beneficiary deed. We affirm, and hold that only a natural person who owns real property can execute a beneficiary deed pursuant to Arizona Revised Statute ("A.R.S.") section 33-405.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

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