Legal Opinion
Urick v. Urick
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided October 5, 2017No. B278257PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKriegler, Acting P.J.
*1185A beneficiary filed a petition for instructions as to whether the "no contest" clause of his mother's trust had been violated *1186after his sister sought to reform the trust to eliminate his interest. The sister, in her capacity as trustee, filed a special motion to strike the petition under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 (the anti-SLAPP statute),1 which the probate court granted. On appeal, the brother recognizes that petitions to enforce a no contest clause under the Probate Code necessarily satisfy the first step of the anti-SLAPP analysis, because they are based on protected…
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