Fisher

Filed 12/10/24 Fisher v. Vieira CA3

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(San Joaquin) ----

HEATHER FISHER, as Trustee, etc., C098922

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. STK-PR-TR- 2012-0000050) v.

HYLDI VIEIRA,

Defendant and Appellant;

MICHAEL VIEIRA et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

In this contentious and long-running battle between siblings over the administration of the family trust created by their parents in 1997, we are asked to decide whether the probate court erred in appointing a new temporary successor trustee. After both parents (the original cotrustees) passed away and the professional fiduciary who had

1 been appointed as the temporary successor trustee decided to retire, the siblings, who are…