Conservatorship of Coffey

Opinion

BENSON, J.

The beneficiary of a life insurance policy petitioned the probate department of the Sonoma County Superior Court to reopen the final account of a former estate conservator and to surcharge that conservator for the loss of policy benefits resulting from a breach of duty in allowing the policy to lapse. The former conservator, John David Rothschild, appeals from a judgment of the probate court setting aside his final accounting and discharge and surcharging him in the sum of $13,500 and accumulated interest, payable to the policy beneficiary, the respondent, John E; Coffey. We…