Brennan v. Seelig

Jessie McGee died intestate and without children on November 19, 1955. Thereafter, the relatives of her predeceased intestate husband, Denis, filed a petition in the probate proceedings claiming an interest as statutory heirs under section 228, Probate Code. They contended that all of Jessie’s estate had been acquired with community funds during her marriage to Denis and prior to the latter’s death; and Jessie having died without issue, one-half of her estate was distributable to them by force of the statute. The petition was opposed by contestants, all of whom are Jessie’s next of kin. The…