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ESTATE OF SHELLENBARGER

No. B202854.

169 Cal.App.4th 894 (2008)

Estate of LESLEY LOREN SHELLENBARGER, Deceased. LAURA A. BARNES, Petitioner and Appellant, v. CLIFFORD SHELLENBARGER, Objector and Respondent.

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

December 29, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paniz & Kossoff, Kenneth Kossoff; Lascher & Lascher and Wendy C. Lascher for Petitioner and Appellant.

Law Offices of Mary Quin and Mary Quin for Objector and Respondent.

OPINION

YEGAN, J. —

One hundred years ago our Supreme Court warned that "`[s]uccession to estates is purely a matter of statutory regulation, which cannot be changed by courts'" and that "`[i]t is vain to argue against the injustice of the rule . . . .'" (Estate of De Cigaran (1907) 150 Cal. 682, 688 [89 P. 833].) This rule of law, i.e., strict adherence to the laws of succession, has not changed. (See Estate of Griswold

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