Legal Opinion
Estate of Turkington
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 29, 1983No. 7655PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
147 Cal.App.3d 590 (1983)
195 Cal. Rptr. 178
Estate of ROBERT K. TURKINGTON, Deceased.
JOAN SANTOS, Petitioner and Respondent,
v.
JANE BUCHANAN, Objector and Appellant.
Docket No. 7655.
Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.
September 29, 1983.
COUNSEL
Eric G. Helgesen for Objector and Appellant.
McKinney, Enes & Wainwright and James A. Wainwright for Petitioner and Respondent.
OPINION
WOOLPERT, J.(1a) When a single man adopts one of two adult nieces he has raised since childhood, does the newly acquired daughter become a pretermitted heir, thereby nullifying his previously executed will in which…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Torregano v. TorreganoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1960
- Logan v. ShelbyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1953
- Ellis v. DardenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Poisl v. FergusonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
- Estate of GoulartCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1963
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