Date Filed: August 02, 2021 Case Number: B307338 Court: California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Six ed an order voiding a deed in which appellant’s mother had purportedly quitclaimed the Newbury Park property to him before it was sold. 2 petition in the Ventura County Superior Court to compel appellant “to account for his actions on behalf of Norma Farrant for the period September 21, 2014, to date . The court holds that an attorney-in-fact who controls an incapacitated conservatee’s assets is a fiduciary subject to the probate court’s accounting order and may be sanctioned for failure to comply, and that such sanctions may be imposed in an amount and to a recipient (the estate) beyond the $1,500 ceiling of CCP section 177.5 when they are meant to compensate the estate for the breach.
— This case addresses significant issues in California probate law. For the complete analysis, refer to the full opinion.