Legal Opinion
Forde v. Cory
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 26, 1977No. Civ. 15748PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FRIEDMAN, Acting P. J.
This mandate action against the State Controller involves the amount of death benefits payable from the Judges’ Retirement Fund to the survivors of a deceased superior court judge.
Plaintiff and appellant Forde is executor of the will of Judge Thomas Fraga, who served as judge of the Contra Costa Superior Court from 1957 until his death in February 1971. In 1969 Judge Fraga and his wife were divorced; he was awarded custody of their two minor sons. In September 1970 he filed with the Secretary of State a document designating appellant Forde as his…
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