Estate of Jackson CA1/1
Patricia E. Jackson (Jackson) appeals from a judgment on her spousal property petition. During her marriage to Regginald R. Jackson (decedent), Jackson and decedent sought a reverse mortgage on their property held in joint tenancy to help pay living expenses. Because Jackson was not old enough to qualify for the reverse mortgage but decedent was, she quitclaimed the property to decedent as his separate property. Decedent died intestate. When Jackson petitioned the probate court for a determination that the property be distributed entirely to her as the surviving spouse, the trial court rejected her claim based on the lack of clear and convincing evidence of an agreement between decedent and Jackson that the property remained community property notwithstanding the form of title.
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