ESTATE OF CHAMBERS

No. B210500.

175 Cal.App.4th 891 (2009)

Estate of EARNEST CHAMBERS, JR., Deceased. DARREN WAYNE CHAMBERS, Petitioner and Appellant, v. DORVAIL MONEY, Objector and Respondent.

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

July 9, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Lloyd Kirschbaum and Lloyd Kirschbaum for Petitioner and Appellant.

Law Office of Michael L. Lyons, Michael L. Lyons; Law Offices of Andrea Lynn Rice and Andrea Lynn Rice for Objector and Respondent.


OPINION

RUBIN, Acting P. J.

Darren Wayne Chambers appeals from a probate court order that denied his petition to be declared the sole heir by intestacy of his uncle, Earnest Chambers, Jr., and determined instead that Dorvail Money was Chambers's natural son and sole heir. We reverse and remand for a new hearing because the probate court incorrectly applied a preponderance of the evidence standard of proof instead of the clear and convincing...

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