Date Filed: December 22, 2020 Case Number: C084032 Court: California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District The Court holds that the Mono County Superior Court has jurisdiction to adjudicate the heirs’ dispute over the cabin and federal use permit and therefore may not dismiss the action on jurisdictional grounds; it affirms the trial court’s refusal to disqualify the defendant’s counsel and declares the pending injunctive-relief application moot, remanding for further proceedings on the demurrer. This decision clarifies that a probate court’s distribution order does not itself strip a trial court of authority to hear subsequent trust-property claims, reinforcing that ordinary civil courts may resolve fiduciary and ownership issues arising from trusts in California probate matters.
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