Trusts and Estates
Ca. Trs. & Estates Quarterly 2015, Volume 21, Issue 2
Content
- From the Editor-in-chief
- Inside this Issue:
- Litigation Alert
- A Primer For California Art Collectors
- Establishing a Conservatorship Based Upon Undue Influence: a Practitioner's Guide
- Editorial Staff
- The Uncertain Future of Estate Planning For Digital Assets In California
- Chairs of Section Subcommittees
- From the Chair
LITIGATION ALERT
By Mary F. Gillick, Esq.,* Catherine M. Swafford, Esq.,*and Matthew R. Owens, Esq.*
UNAMBIGUOUS WILL MAY BE REFORMED IF CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE ESTABLISHES MISTAKE AND ALSO ESTABLISHES SETTLOR’S SPECIFIC INTENT
Estate of Duke (2015) 61 Cal.4th 871
The California Supreme Court held an unambiguous will may be reformed if clear and convincing evidence establishes the will contains a mistake in the expression of settlor’s intent at the time the will was drafted and also establishes settlor’s specific intent.