ESTATE OF LORRAINE JUSTESEN, Deceased. MARTHA A. FENTON, as Executor, etc., Petitioner and Appellant, v. SHIRLEY CARRELL et al., Objectors and Respondents
77 Cal. App. 4th 352 · B126411
California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District · Filed
Published · citable
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Holding
The court held that unreasonable delay in the administration of an estate cannot defeat a contingent beneficiary’s interest, and when such delay occurs, the beneficiary’s interest vests at the time distribution should have been made.
Statutes construed
- PROB § 11700
Authorities cited (1)
- Larrabee v. Tracy 21 Cal.2d 645