Stewart v. Superior Court
Cite as E067316 Filed October 12, 2017, Fourth District, Div. Two Anthony Carter, 78, named Maxine Stewart as his agent for health care. After being admitted to the St. Mary Medical Center, Carter was advised, inter alia, that he should be placed in hospice care, receive a gastronomy tube, and have a pacemaker placed to correct irregularities in his heartbeat. Stewart canceled the heart surgery, suspecting that the irregularities were due to sleep apnea, and sought second opi
New Case Alert: Urick v. Urick
Filed October 5, 2017, Second District, Div. Five Allyne Urick created a trust and named her two children, Willis and Dana, and Dana’s son, Trentyn, as the primary beneficiaries. After Allyne died, Dana filed a petition to reform the trust on the grounds that the drafting attorney misrepresented its terms and that the trust did not reflect Allyne’s wishes. Although she was named as the trustee, Dana filed her petition as a trust beneficiary, and sought a reformation that bene
