Estate of MARTHA MARIE STEHR, Deceased. ARTHUR STEHR, Petitioner and Appellant, v. HARRY B. STEHR, JR., as Executor, Etc., Et Al., Objectors and Respondents
181 Cal. App. 3d 1131 · A030285
California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District · Filed
Published · citable
Holding
The court held that the statutory time limitation in Probate Code section 1080 for filing a petition to determine heirship is directory, not jurisdictional, and therefore the probate court erred in dismissing a petition filed after a petition for final distribution.
Statutes construed
- CCP § 1664
- CCP § 473
- CCP § 904.1
- PROB § 1080
- PROB § 1240