Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Rossi
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 27, 2006No. C049330PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CANTIL-SAKAUYE, J.
Andrew J. Rossi, Jr. (John), filed an application pursuant to Probate Code section 21320 1 to determine whether the probate petitions he planned to file would violate the no contest clauses in the will and declaration of trust (trust) executed by his father, the decedent Andrew J. Rossi, Sr. (Andrew), in November 2003. Relying on section 21305, subdivision (a), the trial court ruled the proposed petitions would not constitute contests and granted John’s application.
Toinette Rossi (Toinette), John’s sister and trustee of Andrew’s trust, appeals the trial court order.…
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