Trusts and Estates
Ca. Trs. & Estates Quarterly VOLUME 31, ISSUE 3, 2025
Content
- A Framework For Compliance With the Prudent Investor Act or... Why You Did What You Did When You Did It
- Chairs of Section Subcommittees
- Clarity and Consistency: Final Estate Tax Regulations On Consistent Basis and Reporting
- Editorial Board
- Inside This Issue
- Letter From the Former Chair
- Letter From the Former Editor
- Tax Alert
- Tips of the Trade: the Death of Finality: How Revised Section 664.6 May Limit Certainty In Trust and Estate Settlements
- Until Death Do Us Part: Part III: the Litigation of Spousal Fiduciary Breaches Under the Family Code In the Post-death Setting
- Litigation Alert
LITIGATION ALERT
Written by Michael S. Brophy, Esq., Courtney A. Sorensen, Esq., Sara Z. May, Esq., Ann Kinsey Schu, Esq., and Owen A. Huelsbeck, Esq.*
PREVAILING PARTY DEFENDANT IN ELDER ABUSE ACTION ENTITLED TO COST-OF-PROOF FEES BUT WAIVED AS TO CLRA FEES
GAMO V. MERRELL (2025) 113 CAL.APP.5TH 656
The Fourth District Court of Appeal held that a prevailing party defendant in a financial elder abuse case could seek cost-of-proof fees.