Bucquet v. Livingston

Opinion

TAYLOR, P. J.

Barbara Bucquet, her husband Howard, and their children, who are the beneficiaries of an inter vivos trust, brought this action for legal malpractice against David Livingston, 1 an attorney who drafted the trust instrument for the settlors, Barbara’s parents, for the purpose of minimizing all taxes payable on the death of both. This appeal is from a judgment on the pleadings in favor of the attorney as to the sixth, seventh and eighth causes of action 2 of the amendment to the complaint, on the basis of our opinion in Ventura County Humane Society v. Holloway, 40…