Legal Opinion
Estate of Wallace
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 20, 1977No. Civ. 51253PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
THOMPSON, J.
This is an appeal pursuant to Probate Code section 1240 from an order granting family allowance to respondent Barbara S. Wallace payable by the estate of her late husband: It raises the novel issue of the competency as evidence of affidavits or declarations in a contested proceeding on a petition for family, allowance. The appeal also includes issues of the relevancy of length of marriage to the award of family allowance to a surviving widow and the propriety of an exercise of trial court discretion in making the award.
We conclude: (1) affidavits or declarations are not…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- People Ex Rel. Department of Public Works v. Garden Grove FarmsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1965
- Van Der Oef v. Van Der OefCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1963
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