The court held that, under California probate law, a contingency-fee agreement creates only a private claim against the attorney's former clients and does not confer a lien or equitable interest in...

The court held that the probate court's removal of Walter Martin as trustee was valid because the earlier appeal of a non-appealable order did not stay the underlying probate proceeding and because...

The court held that a trial court abuses its discretion when, after warning self-representing parties that failure to file written objections waives their right to be heard, it permits oral objecti...

The court held that, while the trial court properly approved CSC Fiduciaries' settlement of the personal-injury claim, it erred in refusing to consider the appellant's claim for reasonable guardian...

The court held that, as the sole trustee of the Donald B. Clark & Linda Clark Revocable Trust, Linda Clark possessed standing to sue on the promissory notes transferred into the trust and that a tr...

The court held that a creditor's recorded abstract of judgment creates a valid lien that survives the debtor's death and may be enforced against the decedent's estate assets regardless of whether t...

The court held that the trial court's findings of undue influence, lack of testamentary capacity, and elder financial abuse were supported by substantial evidence, resulting in the 2021 trust amend...

The court held that because R.J. failed to object to the trial court's authorization of periodic fee payments to the Kern County Public Conservator, his challenges were forfeited, his claim of inef...

The court held that a judgment creditor who has recorded a valid abstract of judgment and timely renewed the judgment may enforce the lien under Probate Code § 9391 without first filing a creditor ...