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ESTATE OF LESLIE

Docket No. L.A. 31858.

37 Cal.3d 186 (1984)

689 P.2d 133

207 Cal. Rptr. 561

Estate of FAY REAH LESLIE, Deceased. ALTON B. SMITH, Petitioner and Respondent, v. WILLIAM GARVIN, Petitioner and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

November 8, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

A. Merle Sessions for Petitioner and Appellant.

Darcy A. Skaggs for Petitioner and Respondent.

OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

Is a surviving putative spouse entitled to succeed to a share of his or her decedent's separate property under the Probate Code?

I.

On April 22, 1972, William Garvin and Fay Reah Leslie were married in Tijuana, Mexico. The marriage was invalid because it was never recorded as required by Mexican law.1 However, Garvin believed...

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