In Re Conservatorship of Bettie Page (filed 8/10/2011-CA4/2)

Oct 08, 2011

OUTCOME: Win

Conservatorship litigation interlaced with rights of privacy issues -on appeal, on behalf of the Conservator for pin-up model Bettie Page. Celebrity lawyer, Mark A. Roesler, temporary conservator for B ... ettie Mae Page, now deceased, appealed orders of the probate court in connection with the court's disapproval of his "Amended First and Final Account." The probate court ordered Roesler to restore funds to the conservatorship estate which were transferred to the conservatee's revocable trust pursuant to a court order which, the court determined, had been obtained by Roesler's misrepresentation of material facts; ordered payment of a claim by the California Department of Developmental Services from the conservatorship estate; and set a hearing on an order to show cause why the conservator should not be surcharged in the amount of the funds which were transferred to the trust. The Court reversed in part, affirmed in part.

Ward v. Munoz

Jan 01, 2009

OUTCOME:

In Re Conservatorship of Takayama

N/A

OUTCOME: Positive

In this conservatorship case, our client and conservator filed a petition against Karen J. Segel, an attorney who had previously represented the conservatee in several matters. The petition alleged tha ... t the conservatee lacked the capacity to retain Segel, and consequently, the estate was entitled to a return of the attorney fees Segal had been paid. The petition contained two causes of action, one for conversion and the other for violation of the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 15600 et seq.).

Hess v. Bearman

N/A

OUTCOME: Win.

The Court granted our client's motion for summary judgment on the ground appellant’s trust contest was barred by the statute of limitations set forth in Probate Code section 16061.8. Court of Appeal af ... firmed.