California Probate Case Briefs
This page contains links to brief summaries of California probate appellate decisions. Each brief includes the holding, procedural history, facts, issues, and analysis of the case.
Click on any case to view the complete brief.
California Supreme Court Briefs
- Barefoot v. Jennings - S251574 (2020-01-23)
- Barefoot v. Jennings - S251574A (2020-01-23)
- Coleman v. Bradshaw - S282314 (2025-07-03)
- Connor v. Donaldson - S258212 (2021-06-28)
- Haggerty v. Thornton - S271483 (August 31, 2025)
- Harris v. Capital - S269608 (September 02, 2025)
- Harrod v. Country - S276545 (2025‑08‑31)
- Jackson v. Virginia - S254938 (2020-07-27)
- People v. Standish - S271265 (2022-08-15)
- Siberell v. Siberell - S252473 (2020-07-23)
California Courts of Appeal Briefs
First Appellate District
- Authority v. Waste - A158323 (2021-08-18)
- Authority v. Waste - A158323M (2021-09-08)
- Baber v. Superior - A164821 (2022-06-22)
- Balistreri v. Balistreri - A162222 (2022-02-24)
- Barrow v. Holmes - A169131 (August 31, 2025)
- Boshernitsan v. Bach - A159532 (2021-03-12)
- Cahill v. San - A169579 (August 31, 2025)
- Casey v. Proctor - A162671 (2022-05-03)
- Colvis v. Binswanger - A166997 (September 01, 2025)
- Eyford v. Nord - A157962 (2021-03-18)
- Goebner v. Superior Court - A171241 (2025-04-30)
- Hamlin v. Jendayi - A167695 (2025‑08‑31)
- Hamlin v. Jendayi - A167695M (2025‑08‑31)
- Herren v. George - A171257 (2025-03-03)
- Herren v. George - A171257A (2025-03-04)
- Kabran v. Sharp - A167919 (2025‑08‑31)
- Keading v. Keading - A151468 (2021-02-18)
- Littlefield v. Littlefield - A167764 (2025‑08‑31)
- Littlefield v. Littlefield - A167764M (August 31, 2025)
- Malear v. State - A163146 (September 01, 2025)
- Maxwell v. Atria - A168043 (2025‑08‑31)
- Museum v. Mulvihill - A165397 (September 01, 2025)
- Newman v. Casey - A165210 (August 31, 2025)
- Oliver v. Swiss - A163903 (2025‑09‑01)
- Oliver v. Swiss - A163903M (2025‑09‑01)
- Others v. Mark - A170497 (August 31, 2025)
- Parker v. Schwarcz - A165163 (2022-10-20)
- People v. Overstreet - A165840 (September 01, 2025)
- People v. Wilson - A160473 (2021-07-07)
- Roth v. Jelley - A155742 (2020-02-24)
- Royals v. Lu - A160985 (2022-07-18)
- Spears v. Spears - A164622 (September 01, 2025)
Second Appellate District
- Anon v. Narcotics - B309376 (2022-04-25)
- Bailey v. Bailey - B320664 (September 01, 2025)
- Blank v. Kirwan - B290526 (2020-08-03)
- Breslin v. Breslin - B301382 (2021-01-26)
- Breslin v. Breslin - B301382A (2021-04-05)
- Buskirk v. Buskirk - B295648 (2020-08-17)
- Buskirk v. Buskirk - B295648M (2020-09-09)
- Chever v. Ching - B320383 (2025‑08‑31)
- Chui v. Chui - B306918 (2022-03-03)
- Chui v. Chui - B306918M (2022-03-28)
- Chui v. Chui - B308574 (2022-12-22)
- Cohen v. Super - B330202 (2025‑08‑31)
- Cohen v. Super - B330202M (2025‑08‑31)
- Conservatorship of A.E. - B297092 (2020-02-18)
- Cundall v. Mitchell - B293952 (2020-06-29)
- Dae v. Traver - B305834 (2021-09-27)
- Diaz v. Zuniga - B318131 (September 01, 2025)
- Doe v. Yim - B299856 (2020-10-06)
- Donkin v. Donkin - B293127 (2020-04-03)
- Dora V. v. Super. Ct. - B332985 (2025‑08‑31)
- Doyle v. Exchange - B321833 (August 31, 2025)
- Fox v. Chase - B319265 (2025‑09‑01)
- Godoy v. Linzner - B330725 (August 31, 2025)
- Gonzalez v. Rebollo - B335353 (August 31, 2025)
- Griset v. Fair - B308440M (2021-09-28)
- Hamilton v. Green - B323621 (September 01, 2025)
- Hernandez v. Sohnen - B323303 (2025‑08‑31)
- Heyres v. Oxnard - B319601 (2025‑09‑01)
- Hudson v. Foster - B300017 (2021-09-07)
- In re E.L. - B316261 (2022-08-23)
- In re E.L. - B316261M (2022-09-16)
- In re T.R. - B329240 (2025‑08‑31)
- Kaanaana v. Barrett - B321347 (September 01, 2025)
- Kalaba v. Gray - B281051 (2022-03-04)
- Kalaba v. Gray - B281051M (2022-04-01)
- Key v. Tyler - B322246 (2025‑08‑31)
- Knapp v. Ginsberg - B307559 (2021-08-05)
- Labor v. Unemployment - B303898 (2021-03-15)
- Logan v. Country - B312967 (2022-08-18)
- Ludwicki v. Guerin - B333665 (2025-02-27)
- Luo v. Volokh - B323878 (2025‑08‑31)
- Meiri v. Shamtoubi - B310619 (2022-07-25)
- Newell v. Super - B339383 (August 31, 2025)
- Peake v. Underwood - B333052 (2025-07-10)
- People v. Braum - B289603 (2020-05-22)
- People v. Financial - B309234 (2022-05-16)
- People v. Mendoza - B306103 (2021-09-21)
- People v. Rodas - B290805A (2020-12-02)
- People v. Sivongxay - B310906 (2021-12-17)
- People v. Washington - B299238 (2021-12-03)
- Reich v. Reich - B332714 (August 31, 2025)
- Reyes v. Cissna - B308440 (2021-09-02)
- Robertson v. Saadat - B292448 (2020-05-01)
- Rubio v. CIA Wheel Group - B300021 (2021-04-15)
- Ruiz v. Podolsky - B333022 (2025‑08‑31)
- Sachs v. Sachs - B292747 (2020-01-07)
- Schrage v. Schrage - B298119 (2021-09-22)
- Searles v. Archangel - B296011 (2021-01-22)
- Sefton v. Sefton - B295609 (2020-05-18)
- Teselle v. Mc - B307338 (2021-08-02)
- Tukes v. Richard - B307242 (2022-07-12)
- Welch v. Welch - B311507 (2022-05-31)
- Wilkin v. Nelson - B294530 (2020-02-26)
Third Appellate District
- Adoption of M.R. - C095856 (2022-10-21)
- Adoption of M.R. - C095856M (2022-10-26)
- Capra v. Capra - C084032 (2020-12-22)
- Capra v. Capra - C084032M (2021-01-15)
- Garcia v. Garcia - C098735 (August 31, 2025)
- Gee v. State - C093796 (September 01, 2025)
- Gomez v. Smith - C089338 (2020-09-22)
- Gomez v. Smith - C089338M (2020-10-19)
- Holt v. Brock - C091636 (2022-11-21)
- Li v. Super - C092584 (2021-09-30)
- Li v. Super - C092584M (2021-10-19)
- Services v. Brown - C084083 (2021-04-28)
- Smith v. Myers - C098169 (2025‑08‑31)
- Sturgeon v. County of Los Angeles - C097301 (September 01, 2025)
- Zahnleuter v. Mueller - C093909 (2025‑09‑01)
Fourth Appellate District
- Abatti v. Imperial - D072850 (2020-07-16)
- Abatti v. Imperial - D072850M (2020-08-05)
- Amundson v. Catello - D082158 (2025-03-20)
- Amundson v. Catello - D082158A (2025-06-03)
- Asaro v. Maniscalco - D080874 (2025‑08‑31)
- Diego v. Superior - D079919 (September 01, 2025)
- Dunlap v. Mayer - D077561 (2021-04-23)
- Haraguchi v. Superior - D079406 (2022-08-31)
- Harustak v. Wilkins - D083713 (August 31, 2025)
- Jones v. Goodman - D075907 (2020-11-17)
- King - D078049 (2021-09-16)
- M.M. v. D.V. - D077468 (2021-07-19)
- Packard v. Packard - D082480 (2025-02-24)
- People v. Financial - D078294 (2021-12-21)
- People v. Superior - D080846 (September 01, 2025)
- Trotter v. Van - D081916 (August 31, 2025)
- Turner v. Victoria - D076318 (2021-08-17)
- Wehsener v. Jernigan - D079623 (2022-12-28)
Fourth Appellate District, Division Two
- Conservatorship of Navarrete - E070210 (2020-12-21)
- Guardian v. Snukst - E074949 (2022-01-10)
- Humphrey v. Bewley - E074339 (2021-09-29)
- Lazzarone v. Bank - E077664 (2025‑09‑01)
- Lyons v. Wickhorst - E077036 (2022-09-12)
- Ring v. Harmon - E075232 (2021-12-15)
- White v. Davis - E077320 (2025‑09‑01)
Fifth Appellate District
- Connor v. Guadarrama - F083954 (2025‑09‑02)
- Gann v. Acosta - F080831 (2022-03-15)
- Kowis v. Howard - F078083 (2020-03-03)
- Limon v. Circle - F082289 (2022-10-25)
- Pearce v. Briggs - F080403 (2021-08-31)
- People v. Saunders - F088679 (2025‑09‑01)
- Torres v. Adventist - F081415 (2022-04-14)
Sixth Appellate District
- Angeles v. Pricewaterhouse - G063155 (2025-07-07)
- Holley v. Silverado - G058576 (2020-08-07)
- Kasperbauer v. Fairfield - G063437 (August 31, 2025)
- Kucker v. Kucker - G063394 (August 31, 2025)
- Olson v. Cory - G058416 (2020-01-08)
- Santosky v. Kramer - G060663 (2022-05-24)
- Starr v. Ashbrook - G060597 (2025‑09‑02)
- Tubbs v. Berkowitz - G056951 (2020-04-07)
- Young v. Hartford - G064034 (2025‑08‑31)
Sixth Appellate District
- Bruno v. Hopkins - H044960 (2022-06-14)
- Downey - H045037 (September 02, 2025)
- John L. - H047087 (2021-11-18)
- Maleti v. Wickers - H048393 (2022-08-15)
- Maleti v. Wickers - H048393M (2022-09-09)
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About These Briefs
These case briefs are summaries of California probate appellate decisions. Each brief includes:
- Holding: The court’s decision and ruling
- Procedural History: How the case progressed through the courts
- Facts: The relevant facts of the case
- Issues: The legal questions addressed
- Analysis: The court’s reasoning and application of law
For the complete court opinion, visit the Opinions section.
Note: These briefs are provided for educational and informational purposes. For authoritative legal information, consult the full court opinions or seek legal counsel.