Araiza v. Younkin

Opinion

YEGAN, J.

Lori Younkin appeals from the trial court’s order confirming ownership of a Bank of America savings account to respondent Ronald A. Araiza, as successor trustee of the Lucia Howery Living Trust, and naming Gabriella Reeves the beneficiary of that account. Appellant, the stepdaughter of Lucia Howery, contends she is the owner of the savings account and that the transfer to Reeves is presumptively invalid pursuant to Probate Code section 21350 1 because respondent drafted the living trust and Reeves is his mother. Respondent contends Howery changed the beneficiary of the savings…