Legal Opinion
Graham v. Lenzi
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 31, 1995No. D021359PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HALLER, J.
Gloria Ann Graham is a beneficiary of an inter vivos trust created by her parents, who are now deceased. Graham filed an application seeking a determination under Probate Code section 21320 1 of whether any of the claims asserted in her proposed petition to determine the validity of certain trust provisions would be a contest within the meaning of the trust’s no contest clause.
The proposed petition, which challenges Robert F. Lenzi’s right to take one-half of the trust residue pursuant to an amendment to the trust, contains four separate claims for relief. Lenzi appeals from…
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