Estate of Singh CA2/6

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SIX

Estate of SUKHJINDER 2d Civil No. B326970 SINGH, Deceased. (Super. Ct. No. 19PR-0348) (San Luis Obispo County)

MARISOL CUEVA,

Contestant and Respondent,

v.

IKE M. IQBAL, as Executor, etc.,

Claimant and Respondent;

NIKI HAMIDI,

Objector and Appellant.

Niki Hamidi appeals from an order approving the settlement of Marisol Cueva’s paternity claim against the estate of Sukhjinder Singh. Hamidi contends the order should be

vacated because: (1) the probate court lacked jurisdiction to enter it, and (2) Cueva’s claim was fraudulent.1 We affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY2 Singh died in September 2016. Cueva filed a petition to administer his estate three years later. In her petition, Cueva claimed she is the mother of Singh’s son. Hamidi objected to Cueva’s petition and filed a creditor’s claim against it. She then announced her intent to move the claim to criminal or civil court, but later requested its dismissal. The trial court granted Hamidi’s dismissal request. Cueva petitioned the trial court to determine whether Singh is her son’s father. (See Prob. Code,3 § 6453.) Hamidi objected to the petition. Iqbal, the person nominated to be executor of Singh’s will, urged the court to deny it because Singh did not acknowledge his alleged parentage. After the trial court ordered Singh’s will probated and issued Iqbal letters of administration, Iqbal and Cueva settled