Estate of LAURA MARIE LOWRIE, Deceased. LYNELLE L. GOODREAU, Petitioner and Respondent, v. SHELDON LAWRENCE LOWRIE, as Trustee, etc., Objector and Appellant
118 Cal. App. 4th 220 · B159305
California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District · Filed
Holding
The court held that a contingent beneficiary of a trust possesses standing to pursue an elder abuse action under the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act (Welfare and Institutions Code section 15600 et seq.) after the elder’s death, even when the alleged abuser is the named trustee and primary beneficiary, because the statutory scheme is designed to encourage enforcement by interested persons and the disinheritance provision of Probate Code section 259 operates to confer a sufficient pecuniary interest.
Statutes construed
- CCP § 377.11
- CCP § 377.20
- CCP § 377.30
- CCP § 377.60
- CCP § 430.10
- CIV § 3294
- CIV § 3517
- PEN § 368
- PROB § 1424
- PROB § 24
- PROB § 250
- PROB § 259
- PROB § 354
- PROB § 48
- PROB § 58
- PROB § 6402
- PROB § 7280
- PROB § 8000
- WIC § 15600
- WIC § 15657
- WIC § 15657.3
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- TINA CLOUD, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP., et al., Defendants and Respondents 67 Cal.App.4th 995
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