No. 20-413

Jozlyn Thomas v. James Scott Blevins

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2020-09-30
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 14th-amendment 5th-amendment beneficiary-rights civil-procedure constitutional-due-process due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment notice notice-requirements trust trust-administration
Key Terms:
DueProcess Privacy
Latest Conference: 2020-12-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments void a trial court order approving a trust account and distribution between trustee and beneficiary without required notice

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED a . . Whether the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to |_| : the United States Constitution serves to void the Order-of _ ; . . '. the trial court which approved and settled the amended ; account and report of trustee of a family trust as well as approving the agreement and distribution of the: trust | . estate between the trustee and a beneficiary where ; Petitioner, as a beneficiary of the trust, was not served with required notices of the litigation. 2 PRIOR LITIGATION List. of Parties: Indicated on Cover Page. ; List of Proceedings: : 1. Stanislaus County Superior Court Case No. 428536 NOTICE OF PETITION AND PETITION TO REOPEN ESTATE AND VACATE AND SET ASIDE VOID ORDER APPROVING AND SETTLING AMENDED ACCOUNT AND REPORT OF TRUSTEE; ORDER APPROVING AGREEMENT BETWEEN TRUSTEE AND DAWN MORIN; ‘ ORDER APPROVING DISTRIBUTION PLAN AND ; ALLOWING PAYMENT OF TRUSTEE’S FEES. Date of Entry of Ruling: October 1, 2018 2. California Fifth District Court of Appeal Case No. F078333 APPEAL FROM A FINAL ORDER DENYING APPELLANTS MOTION TO VACATE AND ; SET ASIDE FINAL RULING THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF STANISLAUS Date of Entry of Ruling: February 6, 2020 3. California Supreme Court ; " Case No. $261303 3 . PRTITION FOR REVIEW Date of Entry of Ruling: April 22, 2020

Docket Entries

2020-12-07
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-10-30
Brief of respondent James Scott Blevins in opposition filed.
2020-09-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 30, 2020)

Attorneys

James Scott Blevins
James Scott Blevins — Respondent
Jozlyn Thomas
Jozlyn Thomas — Petitioner