Legal Opinion
Bridgeman v. Allen
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 30, 2013No. D062183PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
McINTYRE, J.
A trustee must provide notice when all or part of a revocable trust becomes irrevocable because of the death of a settlor (Prob. Code, § 16061.7, subd. (a)) and any action contesting the trust cannot be filed “more than 120 days from the date the notification by the trustee is served upon him or her” (Prob. Code, § 16061.8; undesignated statutory references are to this code).
In this case, we address whether Code of Civil Procedure section 1013 applies to Probate Code section 16061.8, thereby extending the time to file an action contesting a trust past the 120-day period. We…
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