Stotlemyer v. Foreman CA4/2
This probate matter centers on two pieces of real property and two bank accounts of Mattie Weaver, the decedent and the mother of four children, objector and appellant Sharon Foreman, and real parties in interest and respondents Stanley Foreman, Ross Foreman, and Regina Holt. Petitioner and respondent Lyle Stotlemyer, in his capacity as the administrator of Weaver’s estate, brought a petition pursuant to Probate Code section 850, seeking to have the proceeds from the sale of the two properties and the funds from the bank accounts returned to the estate. Sharon objected to the petition. After a trial, the trial court found that two quitclaim deeds, transferring the properties at issue from Weaver to Sharon, were invalid. It further found clear and convincing evidence that Weaver had intended the funds in one of the two bank accounts at issue to be distributed upon her death equally among the four children, rather than to Sharon alone. On that basis, it ordered Sharon to return
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