Estate of IRVING DUKE, Deceased. SEYMOUR RADIN et al., Petitioners and Respondents, v. JEWISH NATIONAL FUND et al., Claimants and Appellants
61 Cal. 4th 871 · S199435
Supreme Court of California · Filed
Published · citable
Holding
The court held that the categorical bar on the reformation of unambiguous wills is not justified, and that such a will may be reformed if clear and convincing evidence establishes both a mistake in the expression of the testator’s intent at the time the will was drafted and the testator’s actual specific intent at that time.
Statutes construed
- CCP § 1856
- CIV § 1624
- CIV § 1640
- CIV § 3399
- PROB § 21101
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- PROB § 21135
- PROB § 21136