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ESTATE OF CORCORAN

Docket No. G011188.

7 Cal.App.4th 1099 (1992)

9 Cal. Rptr.2d 475

Estate of HAZEL MARIE CORCORAN, Deceased. LILY PAPACEK, Petitioner and Appellant, v. THOMAS GAUGHAN, Claimant and Respondent.

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

June 29, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Geller & Senter, Erika W. Senter and Norbert R. Bunt for Petitioner and Appellant.

Michael J. Peltin and Bernard Grossman for Claimant and Respondent.

OPINION

SILLS, P.J.

It is widely known that "where there is a will, there is a way." The laws of intestate succession, however, provide us a way even where there is no will. This appeal requires us to chart our "way," and presents an issue of first impression: Is a half sibling a "natural brother or sister" under Probate Code former section 6408.5, subdivision (c) (now § 6408,...

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