DEBORAH E. HECHT, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; WILLIAM EVERETT KANE, JR., et al., Real Parties in Interest
16 Cal. App. 4th 836 · B073747
California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District · Filed
Holding
The court held that the probate court abused its discretion by ordering the destruction of a decedent’s cryogenically preserved sperm without first determining whether the specimen constituted property of the estate or had been the subject of an inter vivos gift, and that the order impermissibly infringed upon the constitutional procreative rights of the surviving partner.
Statutes construed
- CIV § 205
- CIV § 4600
- CIV § 7000
- CIV § 7004
- CIV § 7005
- HSC § 7054.4
- PROB § 5700
- PROB § 62
- PROB § 6407
- PROB § 9611
- PROB § 9837
Cited by (2)
- Estate of JOSEPH M. KIEVERNAGEL, Deceased. IRIS KIEVERNAGEL, Petitioner and Appellant, v. PATSY KIEVERNAGEL et al., Objectors and Respondents (2008) 166 Cal. App. 4th 1024
- WILLIAM EVERETT KANE, JR., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; DEBORAH ELLEN HECHT, Real Party in Interest (1995) 37 Cal. App. 4th 1577
Authorities cited (2)
- Estate of RAYMOND DENIS SANDERS, Deceased. LAUREL S., a Minor, etc., Petitioner and Appellant, v. TERRY SANDERS, as Executor, etc., Objector and Respondent 2 Cal.App.4th 462
- Estate of FRED M. COX, Deceased. J. K. STICKNEY, JR., as Executor, etc., Petitioner and Respondent, v. PATRICIA DUNCAN SNYDER et al., Objectors and Respondents; HOUSTON I. FLOURNOY, as State Controller, Contestant and Appellant; Estate of FRANCES L. COX, Deceased. J. K. STICKNEY, JR., as Executor, etc., Petitioner and Respondent, v. PATRICIA DUNCAN SNYDER et al., Objectors and Respondents; HOUSTON I. FLOURNOY, as State Controller, Contestant and Appellant 8 Cal.App.3d 168