Legal Opinion
McGowan v. McGowan
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 28, 1973No. Civ. 32786PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
TAYLOR, P. J.
Rosie L. Herman, the sister and only heir of the deceased, Oscar McGowan, who was shot and killed by his wife, respondent, Jean Pearl McGowan, appeals from a judgment in consolidated heirship and preliminary distribution proceedings decreeing that pursuant to the conclusive presumption of Probate Code section 258, 1 respondent was entitled to succeed to one-half the proceeds of Oscar’s insurance and retirement benefits as a federal employee. The question of statutory interpretation is one of first impression. We have concluded that the statutory presumption in section 258…
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