Legal Opinion
Careaga v. Careaga
California Supreme Court
Decided June 30, 1964No. S. F. 21294PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
Mardell Yvonne Careaga and Cindy Marie Knight in 1962 moved to amend nunc pro tunc the final decree of distribution in the estate of Maria Careaga. The motion was made pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 473 “on the ground that a clerical error has been made in said decree of distribution.” Superior Court Judge John Foley of Santa Clara County granted the motion. He, by coincidence, had also entered the original decree of distribution in 1944.
Maria Careaga devised life estates to certain of her children and grandchildren with remainders over to the respective issue of the life…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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