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Area of Law: | Estate Planning & Probate, Family Law |
Keywords: | Ademption; Disposition of estate or trust property; An incompetent/incapacitated testator or settler |
Jurisdiction: | California |
Cited Cases: | 232 Cal. App. 2d 847 |
Cited Statutes: | None |
Date: | 06/01/2011 |
One class of cases involving ademption concerning those in which the disposition of estate or trust property has been made by a third party acting for an incompetent/incapacitated testator or settler. Estate of Mason, 62 Cal. 2d 213 (1965) is the leading case in this area of ademption jurisprudence. There the court stated that “when the guardian of a mentally incompetent testator has sold property subject to a specific gift in his ward’s will, the beneficiary is awarded the proceeds of the sale.” 62 Cal. 2d at 215. The court explained:
The reasons for refusing to find an ademption upon the guardian’s sale are: (1) The incompetent testator lacks intent to adeem and the opportunity to avoid the effect of an ademption by making a new will. ((2) A contrary rule would allow the guardian, by changing the form of guardianship property, to determine the distribution of the estate.
Id. at 216 (citations omitted). Accord Brown v. Labow, 157 Cal. App. 4th 795 (trustee disposed of property) (2007); Estate of Packham, 232 Cal. App. 2d 847, 848-49 (1965) (guardian disposed of property); Estate of Ehrenfel, 241 Cal. App. 2d 215, 218-28 (1966) (guardian disposed of property).
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