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Crowe v. Tweten (Dec. 29, 2014, E056920) 2014 WL 7402401

GMSR preserves $50 million trust reformation, ensuring surviving spouse receives intended inheritance

Estate of Hearst (Dec. 16, 2014, B251912) 2014 WL 7152356

GMSR secures affirmance of marital settlement enforcement for Hearst Estate

Dearing v. De Mille (Nov. 14, 2012, B234769) 2012 WL 5504898

Court of Appeal upholds ruling that inheritance disclaimer did not shield assets from judgment collection

Greenspan v. LADT, LLC (2010) 191 Cal.App.4th 486

Court reverses trial court’s refusal to add alter ego judgment debtors, holding that alter ego liability applies equally to trustees

Citizens Business Bank v. De Mille (June 9, 2010, B209518) 2010 WL 2295011

Court of Appeal voids fraudulent property transfer

2010

Banks v. Pacific Homes Foundation (Mar. 18, 2010, E047364) 2010 WL 985369

Court of Appeal reverses probate court order refusing to enforce charitable testamentary gift

2009

Wright v. Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (Dec. 17, 2009, A123721) 2009 WL 4882680

Court of Appeal affirms that standing to assert a wrongful death claim is purely statutory and determined as of the date of death

In re Six Flags Claims Trust (July 2, 2008, B188321) 2008 WL 2600718

Validity of beneficiary vote approving payment of trustee fees

2008

In re James G. Stull Living Trust (Jan. 28, 2008, B197564) 2008 WL 217622

In approving a trust accounting involving a settlor’s trust that divided into two subtrusts upon the settlor’s death—one for the benefit of his children and one for the benefit of their stepmother, the settlor’s surviving spouse—the trial court ruled that all trust administrative expenses must

Marshall v. Marshall (2006) 547 U.S. 293

Claims based on interference with an inter vivos trust do not fall within the “probate” exception to federal jurisdiction