Estate of JACK KASEROFF, Deceased. MARION E. KYSAR, Petitioner and Appellant, v. JAMES D. PETTERSON, as Administrator, etc., Petitioner and Respondent
19 Cal. 3d 272 ·
Supreme Court of California · Filed
Published · citable
Cited by 4
Holding
The court held that a nominee of a decedent’s children, who are the principal beneficiaries under a holographic will that effectively disinherits the surviving spouse, holds priority for appointment as administrator with will annexed over the nominee of the disinherited spouse.
Statutes construed
- PROB § 409
Cited by (4)
- Estate of OTTO DAMSKOG, Deceased. RICARDO HERNANDEZ, as Public Administrator, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. GENE MARCHI, as Administrator, etc., Defendant and Respondent (1991) 1 Cal. App. 4th 78
- Estate of AELDEAN SILVEIRA, Deceased; LOIS AVONNE SCHNEIDER, as Co-executrix, etc., et al., Petitioners and Respondents, v. ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF FRESNO et al., Objectors and Appellants (1983) 149 Cal. App. 3d 604
- Estate of WILLIAM EARL GARRETT, Deceased. BRANDI L. LAHARA, Objector and Appellant, v. DARRYL FREEMAN, Petitioner and Respondent (2008) 159 Cal. App. 4th 831
- Estate of ANNA EDWARDS, Deceased. SECURITY PACIFIC NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DAVID E. AGNEW et al., Defendants and Appellants. PATRICIA R. FOUBERT et al., Defendants and Respondents (1988) 203 Cal. App. 3d 1366