Meiri v. Shamtoubi

Holding

The court held that a beneficiary’s untimely filing of a petition that seeks to invalidate a trust amendment constitutes a “direct contest” within the meaning of Probate Code §§ 21310‑21311, and that the untimeliness itself satisfies the statutory requirement of lacking probable cause; consequently, the trust’s no‑contest clause was properly enforced, and the beneficiary was disinherited as if she had predeceased the trustors without issue. ---