Legal Opinion
Betts v. City National Bank
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 19, 2007No. 13050006PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
IRION, J.
David William Betts appeals from a ruling on his application under Probate Code 1 section 21320 to determine whether a proposed probate court petition would constitute a contest to a testamentary trust under which he is a beneficiary. On our independent review of the record, we conclude that the probate court erred in ruling that Betts’s proposed petition would constitute a contest against City National Bank and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and accordingly we reverse that portion of the probate court’s ruling.
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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In 1974, Joan Hazard Betts (the…
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