Legal Opinion
Sanders v. Lawson
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 27, 2008No. B185999PublishedCited by 1 opinion
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1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ALDRICH, J.
INTRODUCTION
In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether the attorney fees provision of the Elder Abuse Act (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 15657.5) 1 authorizes the award of trustee fees as costs. We hold that it does not.
Lawrence I. Schwartz as trustee of the Lawson Family Trust (the Trust), and Lionel B. Sanders as conservator of the estates of Louis and Sylvia Lawson brought an action under the Elder Abuse Act (§ 15600 et seq.) against Cheryl Lawson, a beneficiary. 2 The lawsuit stemmed from the manner in which Cheryl had obtained her elderly parents’ signatures on a…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Schwartz v. LabowCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2008