Legal Opinion

Kime v. Barnard

California Court of Appeal

Decided June 22, 1983No. Civ. 65192PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

SCHAUER, P. J.

Albert L. Kime, decedent's husband, appeals from a judgment (1) denying his petition for revocation of probate of purported lost will and (2) determining heirship.

Factual History

Albert Kime (Kime) and Concha Kime (Decedent) were married in 1963. In 1977 Kime filed a petition for dissolution of marriage. On August 18, 1978, Decedent executed a witnessed last will and testament (the Will). On a Wolcott form, the Will purported to appoint Decedent’s close personal friend, Betty Jean Hyde (Hyde) as executrix, but the document failed to be explicit in naming a beneficiary or…

2Cases cited48 opinions

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