Estate of Sims CA2/3

Filed 2/17/26 Estate of Sims CA2/3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

B335889 Estate of GLADYS PROCTOR SIMS, Deceased. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 18STPB09824)

TEVIS A. VERRETT,

Petitioner and Respondent.

v.

CLIENT CLASSIFIER INC.,

Claimant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Brenda J. Penny, Judge. Affirmed. Law Offices of Aaron Berger and Aaron Berger, for Claimant and Appellant. Tevis Verrett, in pro. per., for Petitioner and Respondent. ‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗

Claimant Client Classifier Inc. (Client Classifier) appeals from an order awarding attorney fees to petitioner Tevis Verrett. We affirm the order. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Verrett’s mother, Gladys Proctor Sims, died in 2011. Through a will, Sims left most of her estate to Verrett and his brother, Lennie Sims.1 At the time of her death, Sims owned real property located in Sylmar, California. In 2018, Verrett learned that Lennie was trying to sell the Sylmar property. According to Verrett, Lennie prepared a fraudulent grant deed gifting the property to himself. Lennie then agreed to sell the property to Client Classifier through a residential purchase agreement. According to Client Classifier, Lennie refused to close escrow. Client Classifier sued Lennie, and in 2019, the court ordered specific performance of the agreement. Lennie again refused to cooperate. The clerk of court signed a grant deed conveying the Sylmar property to Client Classifier on Lennie’s behalf. The grant deed was recorded in 2020. Verrett recorded a lis pendens2 as to the Sylmar property. In January 2023, in the probate proceedings underlying this