Estate of Britel

Docket NumberG049161
Decision Date23 April 2015
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14 cases
  • Stennett v. Miller
    • United States
    • California Court of Appeals
    • April 12, 2019
    ...case arises out of the death of Amine Britel, who was killed by a texting drunk driver at the age of 41. ( Estate of Britel, supra , 236 Cal.App.4th at p. 134, 186 Cal.Rptr.3d 321.) Britel never married, and he died intestate. ( Ibid . ) He was survived by his mother and his two adult siste......
  • Wehsener v. Jernigan
    • United States
    • California Court of Appeals
    • December 28, 2022
    ...the meaning of parent and child and whether a natural parent and child relationship exists. (See Estate of Britel (2015) 236 Cal.App.4th 127, 135–136, 186 Cal.Rptr.3d 321 ( Britel ).) The case therefore presents a question of law that we review de novo. ( A.S. v. Miller (2019) 34 Cal.App.5t......
  • Pouzbaris v. Prime Healthcare Services-Anaheim, LLP
    • United States
    • California Court of Appeals
    • April 23, 2015
  • Molina v. City of Visalia, Corp.
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Eastern District of California
    • June 22, 2016
    ...the statute does not require an announcement to the world, an official action, or an affectionate fatherly intent." Estate of Britel, 236 Cal. App. 4th 127, 139 (2015), as modified on denial of reh'g (May 15, 2015), review denied (July 29, 2015). In Britel, the alleged father acknowledged p......
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  • You Get Nothing, Jon Snow
    • United States
    • Mondaq United States
    • August 21, 2015
    ..."Openly Held Out" Standard Refined These questions presented themselves in the recent California decision of Estate of Britel (2015) 236 Cal. App. 4th 127, 2015 WL 1851074. This case affects the factual showing a nonmarital child must make to establish entitlement to inherit from a parent's......
2 books & journal articles
  • 2015 Case Highlights: the Year in Review Continued
    • United States
    • California Lawyers Association Family Law News (CLA) No. 38-3, September 2016
    • Invalid date
    ...Practice Under the California Family Code: Dissolution, Legal Separation, Nullity §8A.8 (Cal. C.E.B.).PresumptionsEstate of Britel, 236 Cal. App. 4th 127 (2015)A purely private admission of paternity for a child born out of wedlock does not satisfy the "openly held out" standard under Calif......
  • Litigation Alert
    • United States
    • California Lawyers Association California Trusts & Estates Quarterly (CLA) No. 21-2, January 2015
    • Invalid date
    ...UNDER INTESTACY LAWS, THE PURPORTED FATHER MUST HAVE AFFIRMATIVELY REPRESENTED HIS PATERNITY IN OPEN VIEW Estate of Britel (2015) 236 Cal.App.4th 127 The Fourth District Court of Appeal held that when analyzing whether a father "openly held out the child as his own" for purposes of an heirs......

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