Estate of Ribal CA4/3
Appellant Lu Tuan Nguyen and decedent Joseph E. Ribal, who passed away in 2019, were in a relationship for decades. Unfortunately, in the years before he passed, Ribal’s cognitive abilities began to decline. This led to several lawsuits between Nguyen and various representatives of Ribal and his estate concerning Ribal’s assets. At this point, litigation has been ongoing for a decade. There have been several decisions, now final, by different trial court judges denying Nguyen an interest in various assets of Ribal. In what appears to be a last-ditch effort, Nguyen filed a creditor’s claim seeking $526,555 from Ribal’s estate. The trial court sustained a demurrer filed by respondents, the executors of Ribal’s estate (Ribal’s two children), on grounds Nguyen’s claim was barred by collateral estoppel. Nguyen now appeals, arguing the trial court wrongly sustained the demurrer. We affirm the order because Nguyen has failed to identify any error in the court’s ruling.
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