ESTATE OF BLACK

Docket No. F003304.

160 Cal.App.3d 582 (1984)

206 Cal. Rptr. 663

Estate of LEO BLACK, Deceased. DONNA GRAHAM, Petitioner and Appellant, v. DONNA F. ROBERTS, as Co-executrix, etc., et al., Objectors and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

September 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

J. Richard Thomas for Petitioner and Appellant.

Darling, Maclin & Day and Curtis Darling for Objectors and Appellants.


OPINION

HANSON (P.D.), J.

In this probate proceeding, we hold that petitioner, a beneficiary under the will and alleged unmarried partner of decedent, may seek a determination of claimed property rights arising during the couple's lengthy relationship without forfeiting, by operation of the will's no-contest clause, the specific gift of their residence. We reach this conclusion based upon our independent interpretation of the language...

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