Estate of Pittman
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
VARTABEDIAN, J.
Val and Donna Pittman entered into a trust agreement in 1993. After their deaths, Donna’s children, Susan and Bradford Lee, filed a petition (Lee petition) regarding the trust. Val’s children, Janis and Mark Pittman, filed an application for a determination that the Lee petition constituted a contest, seeking enforcement of the no contest clause. The trial court found the Lee petition was a contest. The Lees appeal, raising numerous challenges to the trial court’s decision.
Facts and Proceedings
Val and Donna Pittman were married on March 6, 1981. Their marriage did not…
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