Legal Opinion
Estate of Goulet
California Supreme Court
Decided July 31, 1995No. S042636PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WERDEGAR, J.
Has a trustee the right to appeal an order determining that a trust beneficiary’s proposed claim would not violate the trust’s no *1077contest clause? For the following reasons, we conclude the trustee does. Accordingly, we reverse the Court of Appeal, which held to the contrary.
Background. 1
On August 23, 1992, Donald R. Scott Goulet (Goulet) and Esther Montello (Montello), acquaintances for many years, married in Las Vegas, Nevada. They separated the next day. At the time, Goulet was terminally ill with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
The same day as the marriage, Goulet…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Burch v. GeorgeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1994
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- Estate of BeachCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
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