MATTER OF ESTATE OF LEWIS

No. G042100.

184 Cal.App.4th 507 (2010)

108 Cal.Rptr.3d 800

Estate of CHARLES DAVID LEWIS, JR., Deceased. JOHN S. WILLIAMS, as Public Administrator, etc., Petitioner and Respondent, v. DIANE LARSON, Objector and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

May 6, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weinstock, Manion, Reisman, Shore & Neumann, Sussan H. Shore and Blake A. Rummel for Objector and Appellant.

Nicholas S. Chrisos, County Counsel, James C. Harvey and Adrienne Sauro Heckman, Deputy County Counsel, for Petitioner and Respondent.


OPINION

IKOLA, J.

Diane Larson appeals from the court's order appointing the public administrator to administer the estate of the deceased father of Larson's two children, who are decedent's sole heirs. We reverse because Probate Code section 8464 did not authorize the court to make such an appointment.1

FACTS

On April 1, 2009, Larson petitioned to administer decedent's estate. The petition...

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