Fazzio v. Rarick (In Re Fazzio)

MEMORANDUM DECISION

DAVID E. RUSSELL, Chief'Judge.

This case involves the division of sales proceeds of real property owned by two tenants in common where one of them had not set foot on the property for many years. The property in question is located in Yuba County near Marysville, Califorma and primarily used as a rice farm (“Rice Ranch” or “the property”). As many Northern Californian hunters know, rice farms attract ducks, and therein lies the beginning of our tale.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Walter E. Fazzio (“Fazzio”) was a duck hunter 1 . His executors and the conservators of his wife, Elvira…