Estate of Manwill CA1/1

DISCUSSION

On appeal, petitioner—who appears in pro. per.—raises no coherent arguments. A civil litigant must abide by the same procedures—including appellate procedures— whether or not she chooses to employ an attorney. (Bistawros v. Greenberg (1987) 189 Cal.App.3d 189, 193.) Petitioner, as the party who brought this appeal, bears the burden to show reversible error. (Guthrey v. State of California (1998) 63 Cal.App.4th 1108, 1115-1116.) His opening brief is incomprehensible, as it fails to provide a coherent factual and procedural background and fails to provide coherent legal

2 We issued an earlier opinion addressing petitioner’s assertions in the related case of In re Estate of Estelle Elsa Manwill (June 27, 2013, A135783 & A136311 [nonpub. opn]). The facts of that case are well known to this court and to the parties, and we need not recite them here. 3 Although not precisely stated in petitioner’s opening brief, it appears that the appeal is of the order filed May 1, 2014, entitled Order Addressing Petition for Appointment of Administrator of Estate. Necessarily, petitioner would also be seeking to reverse the Order for Probate filed May 7, 2014, wherein Douglas was…