Trusts and Estates
Ca. Trs. & Estates Quarterly 2023, VOLUME 29, ISSUE 3
Content
- PROBATE JUDGES AND LAWYERS DON'T ALWAYS THINK ALIKE—ARE PROBATE JUDGES' BRAINS "ABBY NORMAL"?
- Chairs of Section Subcommittees
- Editorial Board
- Letter From the Chair
- Letter From the Editor
- McLe Self-study Article Trusts and Estates Mediation and the Role of the Mediator
- Reached An Impasse At a Mediation? Ways To Approach It
- Tax Alert
- The Nuts and Bolts of Trust, Estate and Financial Elder Abuse Mediation
- What To Consider When Preparing (Your Client) For Mediation
- TRUSTS & ESTATES QUARTERLY - "THE MEDIATION ISSUE"
- BRESLIN V. BRESLIN: DOES THE "SEAMLESS FABRIC" NEED TAILORING?
- Litigation Alert
LITIGATION ALERT
Written by Michael S. Brophy, Esq., Courtney A. Sorensen, Esq., Craig S. Weinstein, Esq., Sara Z. May, Esq., and Joubin Hanassab, Esq.
I. THE FACT THAT A TRUST, NOT A TRUSTEE, WAS THE NAMED PLAINTIFF AND LITIGATED A MATTER FOR SEVERAL YEARS DOES NOT RENDER THE ENTIRE PROCEEDING VOID AB INITIO, AS THE TRIAL COURT SHOULD HAVE ALLOWED A CURATIVE AMENDMENT TO NAME THE TRUSTEE AS THE PLAINTIFF.
Jo Redland Trust, U.A.D. 4-6-05 v. CIT Bank, N.A. (2023) 92 Cal.App.5th 142
The First District Court of Appeal held that when a complaint mistakenly brings a lawsuit in the name of a trust, which is an unrecognized person under the law, rather than in the name of the trustee, and the oversight goes unnoticed for several years, the trial court should allow a curative amendment naming the correct legal entity rather than render the entire proceeding void ab initio.