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TUNSTALL v. WELLS

No. B188711.

50 Cal.Rptr.3d 468 (2006)

144 Cal.App.4th 554

Robyn R. TUNSTALL, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Elizabeth H. WELLS, individually and as Trustee, etc., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of California, Second District, Division One.

October 31, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blumberg Law Corporation and Ave Buchwald, Long Beach, for Defendant and Appellant.

Magee & Adler, Eric R. Adler; and Robert D. Feighner for Plaintiff and Respondent.

ROTHSCHILD, J.

In this case, we hold that a testamentary trust's no contest clause providing that one beneficiary's contest voids other non-contesting beneficiaries' bequests along with the contestant's does not, in itself, violate public policy.

Elizabeth H. Wells (Elizabeth)1 appeals from an order following the trial court's finding that the no contest clause in a trust established by her father was void as against public policy...

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