Estate of Ford
S105508 (A094775; 96 Cal.App.4th 386)
Petition for review after the Court of Appeal affirmed an order in a probate proceeding. Question presented: Did a former foster child's claim of equitable adoption require clear and convincing evidence that his foster parents intended to adopt him? 6/12/02
Rice v. Clark
S097456 (B139189)
Unpublished opinion. Petition for review after the Court of Appeal affirmed an order in a probate proceeding. This case concerns whether the phrase "caused to be transcribed" in Probate Code § 21350 refers only to those who cause an instrument to be copied or also refers to those who cause the testator to create an instrument. 7/18/01 Read the Case Summary
Estate of Griswold
S087881 (B128933; 79 Cal.App.4th 1380.)
Petition for review after the Court of Appeal reversed an order in a probate proceeding. This case includes the issue of whether confession in another state to charges that led to a judgment of reputed paternity is sufficient to meet the requirements of Probate Code section 6452. This section requires that the parent "acknowledge the child" for purposes of determining whether the parent, or the parent's relatives, may inherit from the child when the child dies intestate. 07/12/00 Read the Case Summary Read the Court of Appeal Opinion
Update: Decision issued on 06/25/01.
Conservatorship of Wendland
S087265 (C029439; 78 Cal.App.4th 517.)
Petition for review after the Court of Appeal reversed a judgment in a conservatorship proceeding. This case concerns whether Probate Code section 2355 authorizes a conservator to withhold life sustaining care from a conservatee who is not in a persistent vegetative state and, if so, whether the statute is constitutional. 06/21/00 Read the Case Summary Read the Court of Appeal Opinion
Update: Decision issued on 08/09/01.
