PARRILLI, J.
Kirk D. Hartman and William and Patricia Gillespie appeal from a probate court order prorating estate taxes. They contend the court improperly charged them with a portion of another beneficiary's estimated future income taxes. We agree, and reverse. The estate tax proration provisions of the Probate Code do not contemplate the consideration of future income tax consequences. Neither does Estate of Bixby (1956)
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