In the Matter of the Estate of Walsh (N.Y. Surr. Ct., No. 555-P/06, Aug. 23, 2007)

The Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed a probate court’s rulings that a decedent’s children, who had been appointed his temporary co-guardians, had rebutted the presumption of undue influence attached to a will they benefited from and had an opportunity to...

The California Court of Appeal ruled that a trial court misinterpreted a family trust’s equalization provision when it treated decades of rental income and property sale proceeds as early distributions to two beneficiaries, holding that, by its plain terms, the...