GARY OSSWALD, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LINDA ANDERSON, Defendant and Appellant
49 Cal. App. 4th 812 · G015119
California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District · Filed
Holding
The court held that the trial court erred in admitting a photocopy of a 1987 quitclaim deed in violation of the best evidence rule, which was the only writing purporting to fund an irrevocable trust with real property, and therefore neither the 1987 nor the 1988 trust was validly created due to noncompliance with the statute of frauds.
Statutes construed
- EVID § 1500
- EVID § 1501
- EVID § 1502
- EVID § 1511
- PROB § 15201
- PROB § 15202
- PROB § 15203
- PROB § 15204
- PROB § 15205
- PROB § 15206
Cited by (2)
- MEGAN KUCKER et al., as Trustees, etc., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. MEGAN KUCKER, Respondent (2011) 192 Cal. App. 4th 90
- DANIEL UKKESTAD, as Cotrustee, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. RBS ASSET FINANCE, INC., Defendant and Respondent (2015) 235 Cal. App. 4th 156