Estate of Conner CA2/5

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FIVE

Estate of OLIVER W. CONNER, Deceased. B340648

(Los Angeles County JOACHIM REIDIESS, Super. Ct. No. 16STPB00075)

Petitioner and Appellant,

v.

COMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT et al.,

Respondents.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Brenda Penny, Judge. Affirmed. Jay Oberholtzer for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Ruttenberg Cutler Broomer and Stefanie S. Cutler; Benedon & Serlin, Judith E. Posner and Megan E. Walker for Defendant and Respondent Valerie Uribe. Eick and Freeborn, William E. Eick and Tori J. Freeborn for Defendant and Respondent Compton Community College District. ——————————

This case involves the division of interests in an apartment building partially owned by decedent Oliver W. Conner. Approximately 50 years before his death, Conner entered into a contract with petitioner/appellant Joachim Reidiess dividing ownership of the property at 80 percent for Conner and 20 percent for petitioner. In an effort to secure a 100 percent interest in the property, petitioner filed a Probate Code section 8501 petition seeking to invalidate the contract based on Conner’s delivery of the deed to him in 1993. He was unsuccessful as the trial court granted a summary judgment motion filed by respondent Valerie Uribe.2 Petitioner appeals the judgment that resulted from the order granting respondent’s motion.

1 Further statutory references are to the Probate Code.

2 Uribe’s title is “Administrator with Will Annexed of the Estate of Oliver W. Conner.” “In probate proceedings, the court appoints a personal representative to administer the decedent’s estate. ‘That person or firm ordinarily is (a) an “executor” named as such in the decedent’s will, (b) a successor to that executor, called and “administrator-with-the-will-annexed” or (c) an “administrator” where the decedent died without naming an executor.’ [Citations.]” (Estate of El Wardani (2022) 82 Cal.App.5th 870, 880.)