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ESTATE OF LAHEY

No. A085550.

91 Cal.Rptr.2d 30 (1999)

76 Cal.App.4th 1056

ESTATE OF Clarence G. LAHEY, Deceased. Frances Lahey, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Dorothy Bianchi, as Administrator, etc., Objector and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

Review Denied March 1, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward W. Suman, San Bruno, for petitioner and appellant.

Richard A. Canatella, Cotter & Del Carlo, San Francisco, for objector and respondent.

Certified for Partial Publication.*

JONES, P.J.

The question presented in this proceeding is whether a spouse who obtained a judgment of legal separation qualifies as a surviving spouse for purposes of intestate succession. We agree with the trial court that the decedent's widow here does not qualify as a surviving spouse. We affirm the judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Frances Lahey and decedent Clarence...

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