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BAREFOOT v. JENNINGS

No. S251574.

8 Cal.5th 822 (2020)

JOAN MAURI BAREFOOT, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JANA SUSAN JENNINGS et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

January 23, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Singhal Law Firm, Dinesh H. Singhal ; Law Offices of Nathan D. Pastor and Nathan D. Pastor for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Anglin Flewelling, Robert Collings Little ; Haskett Law Firm and Amber C. Haskett for Bonnie Sterngold as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Artiano Shinoff, Howard A. Kipnis , Steven Barnes ; Forethought Law, Bryan L. Phipps ; The Law Office of Ciarán O'Sullivan, Ciarán O'Sullivan ; McCormick Barstow and Herbert A. Stroh for Executive Committee of the Trusts and Estates Section of the California Lawyers Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Jones & Lester, Mark A. Lester and Theresa Loss for Ventura County Bar Association—Probate and Estate Planning Section as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Law Offices of Nancy Reinhardt and Nancy Reinhardt for San Fernando Valley Bar Association—Trusts and Estates Section as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Astor & Kingsland and Lya R. Kingsland for Orange County Bar Association—Trusts and Estates Section as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Sean M. SeLegue ; Gianelli & Associates, Gianelli | Nielsen, Eric T. Nielsen , Michael L. Gianelli and Sarah J. Birmingham for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

If amendments to a revocable trust made shortly before the settlor dies disinherit a beneficiary, does that individual, as one who is not named in the trust's final iteration, have standing to challenge the validity of the disinheriting amendments in probate court on...

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