Legal Opinion
Estate of Levine
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 16, 1981No. Civ. 61981PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HASTINGS, J.
This case illustrates one of the pitfalls of “how to avoid probate.” The appeal concerns a family residence held in joint tenancy although one of the spouses, secretly as it turned out, considered it community property. The court held the property to be joint tenancy and this appeal followed.
Phillip and Estelle Levine were married on January 1, 1974. They had been neighbors for 20 years on Saturn Avenue in Los Angeles, and their respective spouses had predeceased them by several years. Both had children from their prior marriages, all of whom were adults at the time Phillip…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Gudelj v. GudeljCalifornia Supreme Court · 1953
- Socol v. KingCalifornia Supreme Court · 1950
- Schindler v. SchindlerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1954
- In Re Marriage of SmithCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1978
- Socol v. KingCalifornia Supreme Court · 1949
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- In Re the Marriage of WeaverCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1990
- Estate of LukeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1987
- Gallio v. ConigliaroCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1995
- Maggio v. VahldieckCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1987
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