Estate of Beckel

174 Cal.App.4th 34 (2009)

___ Cal.Rptr.3d ___

Estate of DORALEE VERNA BECKEL, Deceased.

MAUREEN STANCIU, as Administrator, etc., Petitioner and Respondent,

v.

KATHLEEN WILLIAMS, Objector and Appellant.

No. F055384.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

May 20, 2009.

Machado & Machado and Robert A. Machado for Objector and Appellant.

Hulsy & Hulsy and James R. Hulsy for Petitioner and Respondent.

OPINION

LEVY, J.—

The decedent, Doralee Verna Beckel, died intestate. It is undisputed that, under the laws of intestate succession, the estate will pass to the decedent's surviving first cousins and to…