Estate of Rozsypal
Filed 4/18/06 Estate of Rozsypal CA2/4
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION FOUR
| Estate of RITA BERNICE ROZSYPAL, Deceased. LOUISE S. ROZSYPAL, Petitioner and Appellant, vs. GENE CALVIN ROZSYPAL, Objector and Respondent; KRISTINE KING ROYSTON, Claimant and Respondent. ___________________________________ Estate of RITA BERNICE ROZSYPAL, Deceased. GENE CALVIN ROZSYPAL, as Administrator, Petitioner and Respondent, vs. LOUISE S. ROZSYPAL, Objector and Appellant; KRISTINE KING ROYSTON, Claimant and Respondent. | B181023 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. VP009695) B181024 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. VP009644) |
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Peter Espinoza and Robert Simpson, Jr., Judges. Reversed and remanded.
Anthony N. Fonte and Richard A. McFarlane for Petitioner, Objector and Appellant.
Tunison-Campbell & Associates and Jeanne Tunison-Campbell; Manning & Marder Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Daniel B. Herbert and Sylvia Havens for Petitioner, Objector and Respondent Gene Calvin Rozsypal.
Kristine King Royston, in pro. per, for Claimant and Respondent.
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BACKGROUND
On July 28, 2003, respondent filed a petition for letters to administer the estate of Rita Rozsypal, alleging that the decedent died intestate.[1] Appellant filed an objection to the petition, on the ground that the decedent had left a holographic will or a living trust.
On August 29, 2003, appellant Louise Rozsypal filed a petition in the trial court to determine the existence and validity of a trust, to determine that she was the beneficiary of the trust, and to appoint her as trustee. Attached to the petition was a copy of a three-page handwritten document entitled, â€
