- Fall 2014 Class Syllabus (Wills Portion)
- Fall 2014 Class Syllabus (Trusts Portion)
- Fall 2013 Class Syllabus–Will Portion
- Fall 2013 Class Syllabus — Trust portion
- Will Case Study (PDF file)
Power Point Presentations:
Links to Case Law Through Google Scholar:
(Note: Not all cases are available through Google Scholar. Those that are available are listed below. Any case listed in the syllabus, but not listed below, can be found using Lexis, Westlaw, or the Chapman Law Library.)
Will Cases:
- Estate of Clegg (1978) 87 Cal. App. 3d 594
- Gooman v. Zimmerman (1994) 25 Cal. App. 4th 1667
- Estate of Mann (1986) 184 Cal. App. 3d 593
- Estate of Fosselman (1957) 48 Cal. 2d 179
- Estate of Wright (1936) 7 Cal. 2d 348
- Estate of Goetz (1967) 253 Cal. App. 2d 107
- Estate of Baker (1982) 131 Cal. App. 3d 471
- Estate of Lingenfelter (1952) 38 Cal. 2d 571
- Alter v. Alter (this is a pdf file, not a link)
- Estate of Sarabia (1990) 221 Cal. App. 3d 599
- Estate of Smith (1998) 61 Cal. App. 4th 259
- Estate of Saueressig (2006) 38 Cal. 4th 1045
- Estate of Eugene (2002) 104 Cal. App. 4th 907
- Estate of Stoker (2011) 193 Cal. App. 4th 236
- Estate of Williams (2007) 155 Cal. App. 4th 197
- Estate of Brenner (1999) 76 Cal. App. 4th 1298
- Estate of Sola (1990) 225 Cal. App. 3d 241
- Estate of Goyette (2004) 123 Cal. App. 4th 67
- Citizens Business Bank v. Carrano (2010) 189 Cal. App. 4th 1200
- Estate of Tolman (2010) 181 Cal. App. 4th 1433
- Lauermann v. Superior Court (2005) 127 Cal. App. 4th 1327
- Estate of Mowry (2003) 107 Cal. App. 4th 338
- Estate of Coleman (2005) 129 Cal. App. 4th 380
- Brewer v. Simpson (1960) 53 Cal. 2d 567
- Stewart v. Seward (2007) 148 Cal. App. 4th 1513
- Marvin v. Marvin (1976) 18 Cal. 3d 660
- Lucas v. Hamm (1961) 56 Cal. 2d 583
- Chang v. Lederman (2009) 172 Cal. App. 4th 67
- Swift v. Superior Court (1952) 39 Cal. 2d 358
Trust Cases:
- Lee v. Yang (2003) 111 Cal. App. 4th 481
- Dorn v. Solomon (1997) 57 Cal. App. 4th 650
- Reagh v. Kelley (1970) 10 Cal. 3d 1082
- Estate of Heggstad (1993) 16 Cal. App. 4th 943
- Estate of Powell (2000) 83 Cal. App. 4th 1434
- Masry v. Masry (2008) 166 Cal. App. 4th 738
- Aguilar v. Aguilar (2009) 168 Cal. App. 4th 35
- Goodman v. Zimmerman (1994) 25 Cal. App. 4th 1667
- Walton v. Bank of California (1963) 218 Cal. 2d 527
- Anderson v. Hunt (2011) 196 Cal. App. 4th 722
- Estate of Truckenmiller (1979) 97 Cal. App. 3d 326
- Estate of Lingenfelter (1952) 38 Cal. 2d 571
- David v. Hermann (2005) 129 Cal. App. 4th 672
- Estate of Garibaldi (1961) 57 Cal. 2d 108
- Walton v. Bank of California (1963) 218 Cal. App. 2d 527
- Bernard v. Foley (2006) 39 Cal. 4th 794
- Donahue v. Donahue (2010) 182 Cal. App. 4th 259
- Leader v. Cords (2010) 182 Cal. App. 4th 1588
- Uzyel v. Kadisha (2010) 188 Cal. App. 4th 866
- Chatard v. Oveross (2010) 179 Cal. App. 4th 1098