Court May Compel Mediation of California Trust Disputes | Downey Brand LLP
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Trust and estate litigators, and mediators, are buzzing over a recent decision from the California Court of Appeal that validates mandatory mediation of trust disputes. In Breslin v. Breslin (Case No. B301382, decided January 26, 2021), the appellate court held that a California probate judge may order the private mediation of trust disputes and then disallow the objections of any nonparticipating parties to a settlement agreement reached in mediation. The upshot of the case, assuming the opinion becomes final, is that probate judg...
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