Estate of Bodmann

Filed 10/28/25; Certified for Publication 11/21/25 (order attached)

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FOUR

Estate of DANIEL W. BODMANN, Sr., Deceased.

THOMAS E. KROUSE, JR.,

Petitioner and Appellant, A164552, A164876 v. (San Mateo County

HEATHER HOLDEN-BODMANN,

Super. Ct. Nos. 17-PRO-00952, Objector and Respondent. 00952(C), 00080)

HEATHER HOLDEN-BODMANN,

Petitioner and Respondent, v.

THOMAS E. KROUSE, JR.,

Objector and Appellant.

Thomas E. Krouse, Jr. (Tom1), a stepson of decedent Daniel W. Bodmann, Sr. (Dan), appeals from an order limiting his participation in Bodmann Insurance (an asset of Dan’s estate) and disqualifying him to act as an executor of the estate pursuant to Probate Code2 sections 8402, subdivision (a)(3), and 8502, subdivision (a), due to his mismanagement of the estate. Tom argues that the conduct in which he was found to have engaged could not amount to having mismanaged the estate, and that the trial court therefore abused its discretion in disqualifying him to act as an executor. We affirm.

1 Because of their shared last names, we refer to the…