ESTATE OF L.O. IVEY, Deceased. HELEN TRUE PURCELL et al., Petitioners and Respondents, v. SHARON PURCELL DiLEONARDO, Contestant and Appellant
22 Cal. App. 4th 873 · B074041
California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District · Filed
Published · citable
Cited by 3
Holding
The court held that the probate court did not abuse its discretion in imposing an issue sanction as a discovery sanction, in awarding attorney fees and costs as sanctions for frivolous and bad faith litigation under Code of Civil Procedure section 128.5, and in instructing the trustee to pay those sanctions from the future distributions to the contesting beneficiary.
Statutes construed
- CCP § 1021
- CCP § 128.5
- CCP § 2023
- CCP § 395
- CCP § 396b
- CCP § 709.010
- PROB § 15300
- PROB § 15306.5
- PROB § 17002
- PROB § 17005
- PROB § 17200
- PROB § 17207
- PROB § 17304
- PROB § 7050
- PROB § 750
Cited by (3)
- ANTHONY PIZARRO, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MELISSA P. REYNOSO, as Trustee, etc., Defendant and Respondent; KAREN BARTHOLOMEW, Defendant and Appellant; MIGUEL REYNOSO, Real Party in Interest and Respondent (2017) 10 Cal. App. 5th 172
- JOYCE CHATARD, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. GREG OVEROSS, as Trustee, etc., Defendant and Respondent (2009) 179 Cal. App. 4th 1098
- PATRICIA HOLLAWAY, as Cotrustee, etc., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LINDA EDWARDS, as Cotrustee, etc., Defendant and Appellant (1998) 68 Cal. App. 4th 94