Estate of WILLIAM STANLEY PETERSEN, Deceased. JAMES C. ORR, Petitioner and Appellant, v. LORETTA VICTORIA PETERSEN, Objector and Respondent
28 Cal. App. 4th 1742 · F020756
California Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District · Filed
Holding
The court held that the trial court properly granted summary judgment, affirming that the family residence and two annuity contracts passed to the surviving spouse by right of survivorship outside of probate, as the appellant failed to present admissible evidence to rebut the presumptions established by the deeds and contracts.
Statutes construed
- CIV § 1641
- CIV § 5110
- CIV § 5110.730
- FAM § 852
- PROB § 5000
- PROB § 5010
- PROB § 5011
- PROB § 5022
- PROB § 9860
Cited by (2)
- Estate of JANICE HELENE KRAUS, Deceased. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA et al., Petitioners and Respondents, v. DAVID KRAUS, Objector and Appellant (2010) 184 Cal. App. 4th 103
- Estate of GUISEPPE CASTIGLIONI, Deceased. ANNIE J. CASTIGLIONI, Petitioner and Respondent, v. ELIZABETH DEL POZO, as Special Administrator, etc., Objector and Appellant (1995) 40 Cal. App. 4th 367