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HOLM v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 26584.

187 Cal.App.3d 1241 (1986)

232 Cal. Rptr. 432

PAMELA KAREN HOLM, as Executor, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Respondent; LISA MISCO, a Minor, etc., et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

December 15, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

George E. Murphy, Marjorie E. Manning and Bolling, Walter & Gawthrop for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Charleton S. Pearse, Files, McMurchie, Foley, Brandenburger & Weill and Files, McMurchie, Foley, Brandenburger, Weill & Keeling for Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

PUGLIA, P.J.

In this mandamus proceeding we consider whether a trial court in a civil action brought under the Probate Code has the authority to order the exhumation and autopsy of the body of the deceased testator. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that no such authority exists.

In 1981 Edwin Robert Maleville (decedent) executed his will. It included provisions...

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