ESTATE OF STRADER

No. B153652.

132 Cal.Rptr.2d 649 (2003)

107 Cal.App.4th 996

ESTATE OF Estelle H. STRADER, Deceased. Jane Grant, as Co-Administrator, etc., et al., Petitioners and Appellants, v. James Hixon, Objector and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Eight.

Review Denied July 9, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sacks, Glazier, Franklin & Lodise, Robert N. Sacks and Matthew W. McMurtrey, Los Angeles, for Petitioners and Appellants.

Copenbarger & Associates, Paul D. Copenbarger, Santa Ana, and Jacqueline D. DeWarr, for Objector and Appellant.


BOLAND, J.

SUMMARY

A distribution request in the final account of a probate estate, seeking distribution of certain litigation proceeds to the beneficiaries who funded the litigation rather than to all the residuary beneficiaries of the estate, was not an attempt to frustrate the testator's intent and did not violate the no contest clause of the testator's will.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Estelle H. Strader died testate on September...

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