Estate of Dixon
Filed 8/15/06 Estate of Dixon CA2/8
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION EIGHT
| Estate of ELIZABETH L. DIXON, Deceased. | B185774 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BP091243) |
| ZETTORIA DIXON, Petitioner and Respondent, v. ANTOINETTE DIXON, Objector and Appellant. |
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County,
Brenda J. Penny, Temporary Judge. (Pursuant to Cal. Const., art. VI, § 21.) Affirmed.
Pray, Price, Williams & Russell and David M. Price for Objector and Appellant.
Bloom & Ruttenberg, Gary M. Ruttenberg and Cynthia L. Miller for Petitioner and Respondent.
In this appeal, we follow Estate of Rossi (2006) 138 Cal.App. 4th 1325 and hold that, under Probate Code[1] section 21305, the amendment to a trust is subject to challenge even though the trust contains a no contest clause. We affirm the trial court's order.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On October 14, 2004, Elizabeth L. Dixon created the Elizabeth L. Dixon Trust (Trust). She named herself as Trustor and her two daughters Zettoria R. Dixon-Ashley and Antoinette Dixon as beneficiaries. Zettoria was the first successor trustee and Antoinette the second. The Trust provided that, upon the death of the Trustor, â€
