MARTINE EHRENCLOU et al, Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. STEVEN MACDONALD et al, Defendants and Appellants; ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, etc., Intervener and Appellant
117 Cal. App. 4th 364 · G032020
California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District · Filed
Holding
The court held that adults adopted in Colorado under its adult adoption statute did not qualify as "lawful issue" of the adopting parent for the purpose of taking under a California trust, because the legal parent-child relationship created by Colorado's statute was limited to intestate succession and did not establish the adoptees as "issue" for testamentary or trust instrument purposes.
Statutes construed
- CCP § 1913
- CIV § 206
- CIV § 221
- CIV § 228
- CIV § 257
- FAM § 3910
- PROB § 257
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Authorities cited (7)
- Estate of LOUIS WILLIAM HART, Deceased. KEVIN LAW HART, Petitioner and Respondent, v. SHEILA WIDOE, as Administratrix, Etc., Objector and Appellant 209 Cal.Rptr. 272
- Estate of LOUIS WILLIAM HART, Deceased. KEVIN LAW HART, Petitioner and Respondent, v. SHEILA WIDOE, as Administratrix, Etc., Objector and Appellant 165 Cal.App.3d 392
- Estate of HARVEY A. RUSSELL, Deceased. BANK OF AMERICA, as Trustee, etc., Petitioner and Respondent, v. VICTOR ALBERT LAZZERONI II, a Minor, etc., Claimant and Appellant; JOHN M. THOMPSON, as Guardian ad Litem, etc., Claimant and Respondent 17 Cal.App.3d 758
- Brock v. Hall 33 Cal.2d 885
- Newman v. Wells Fargo Bank 14 Cal.4th 126
- Wells Fargo Bank v. Huse 57 Cal.App.3d 927
- In the Matter of the Estate of LEWELLYN WILLIAMS, Deceased 102 Cal. 70