McGowan v. Anglo California National Bank

This is an appeal by plaintiff from the judgment and order denying her claim as a pretermitted heir of Frank Talmage and decreeing final distribution of the estate.

The decedent had five children, four of whom survived him. The fifth, Frank Talmage, Jr., predeceased his father and left surviving him one child, Joan Talmage McGowan, the appellant herein.

Through her guardian ad litem Joan filed objections to the petition for distribution of her grandfather’s estate upon the ground that under Probate Code, section 90, she was a pretermitted heir and hence entitled to succeed to the same share of…