Haggerty

Filed 9/16/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

BRIANNA MCKEE HAGGERTY, D078049

Plaintiff and Appellant,

v. (Super. Ct. No. 37-2019- 00028694-PR-TR-CTL) NANCY F. THORNTON et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Julia C. Kelety, Judge. Affirmed. Blut Law Group and Elliot S. Blut for Plaintiff and Appellant. Artiano Shinoff, Howard A. Kipnis and Steven J. Barnes for Defendant and Respondent Patricia Galligan. Cross Law and Oleg Cross for Defendant and Respondent Racquel Kolsrud. Higgs Fletcher & Mack, Roland H. Achtel and Scott J. Ingold for Defendant and Respondent Union of Concerned Scientists. No appearance for Defendants and Respondents San Diego Humane Society, Nancy F. Thornton, Jill Bousman, George Bousman, Jack Hebert, Larry Guentherman, Gail Spielman and Dean Spielman. Brianna McKee Haggerty appeals an order of the probate court finding that a trust agreement was validly amended, thereby excluding her from distribution. Haggerty’s aunt, Jeane M. Bertsch, created the trust in 2015. The…