Legal Opinion
Estate of Gonzalez
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 27, 2002No. H023336PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WUNDERLICH, J.
Rosalinda Gonzalez Cortez, Enedina Gonzalez Marquez, and Roy Gonzalez, the three full siblings of Jorge Gonzalez, 1 filed a petition to enforce a no-contest clause in their father’s will against Jorge. The trial court granted the petition, which was denominated a “petition to determine entitlement to estate distribution to Jorge Gonzalez because he violated the will’s forfeiture clause.” Jorge appeals from the trial court’s order granting the petition. We shall affirm.
Facts
Jose Inez Gonzalez died on March 30, 1998, at the age of 81. He left 12 children, ranging in age…
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