ESTATE OF BLAIR

Docket No. D005941.

199 Cal.App.3d 161 (1988)

244 Cal. Rptr. 627

Estate of NANCY BLAIR, Deceased. ELIZABETH KOMARA, as Executrix, etc., Petitioner and Respondent, v. RAY T. BLAIR, JR., Objector and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

March 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

M. Richardson Lynn, Jr., and Muns, Mehalick & Lynn for Objector and Appellant.

Thomas A. Henry, Jr., for Petitioner and Respondent.


OPINION

WIENER, Acting P.J.

Ray T. Blair, Jr., challenges a probate order which requires him to pay his deceased wife's estate one-half of the net proceeds from the sale of the family residence which had been held by them in joint tenancy. We conclude the court had the power to act under Probate Code section 851.5 even after the property had been sold to a bona fide purchaser. We also decide the court based its finding that the residence...

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