PAMELA KAREN HOLM, as Executor, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Respondent; LISA MISCO, a Minor, etc., et al., Real Parties in Interest
187 Cal. App. 3d 1241 · 26584
California Court of Appeal · Filed
Published · citable
Holding
The court held that a superior court sitting in probate lacks the statutory or inherent authority to order the exhumation and autopsy of a decedent's remains for the purpose of discovery in a will contest proceeding.
Statutes construed
- CCP § 2016
- CCP § 2031
- CCP § 2032
- GOV § 27491
- INS § 10350.10
- LAB § 5706
- LAB § 5707
- PROB § 380