Estate of Martino
D080846
California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District · Filed
Published · citable
Holding
The court held that a stepchild who is not a biological offspring may assert heirship under Probate Code § 6453(a) by establishing a “natural parent‑child” relationship through the presumption of parentage in Family Code § 7611(d); the existence of Probate Code § 6454 does not foreclose this alternative pathway, and the petitioning stepchild therefore had standing to claim intestate succession. ---
Statutes construed
- CIV § 7004
- FAM § 7540
- FAM § 7600
- FAM § 7601
- FAM § 7611
- FAM § 7612
- FAM § 7630
- FAM § 9300
- PROB § 11700
- PROB § 25
- PROB § 6408
- PROB § 6450
- PROB § 6453
- PROB § 6454