Estate of Melcher CA2/5

Filed 8/18/20 Estate of Melcher CA2/5 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FIVE

Estate of TERRENCE P. B293964 MELCHER, Deceased. (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BP090132)

TERESE KRISTE MELCHER, as Executor, etc.,

Petitioner and Respondent,

v.

JACQUELINE C. MELCHER,

Claimant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Robert S. Wada, Judge. Affirmed. Jacqueline C. Melcher, in pro. per., for Claimant and Appellant. Loeb & Loeb, Jeffrey M. Loeb, Lance N. Jurich, for Petitioner and Respondent. __________________________

Claimant and appellant Jacqueline Melcher appeals from a probate court order finding that she lacked standing to appear in the estate proceedings of her former husband Terrence P. Melcher.1 On appeal, Jacqueline contends that she has standing, because she has an interest in certain property included in Terrence’s estate. The appellate record is inadequate for review, however, because it does not include the motion to determine standing or the supporting evidence filed in the probate court. In addition, the appellant’s briefs fail to demonstrate error through coherent argument, including citation to the record and supporting authority. Therefore, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

For the purposes of background, we take judicial notice of an unpublished opinion issued by the Court of Appeal,