Ockerlander
Ockerlander v. Estate of Ockerlander
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Fourt, J.
This is an appeal from an order settling the first and final account of a former administratrix and overruling objections to said account.
John N. Ockerlander, before his death, apparently was a retired army officer (major) residing in Los Angeles County. He was married to Alice Ockerlander and a child, Joanna Ockerlander, was born as the issue of such marriage. John secured a final decree of divorce from his wife on or about January 17, 1958. She apparently at times resided out of the State of California in later years. He had three sisters, two *186 of whom lived in Wisconsin and one who lived in Vermont. The daughter resided in California and at the time of John’s death she was 13 years of age. The only other relative of John residing in California was Elsie F. Waterman (an aunt) who was a personal accountant for Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz at Desilu Productions Studios in Hollywood and for seven years had charge of their personal financial affairs as accountant. She also had some experience as an administratrix in other estates.
John became mentally ill and a proceeding was instituted in March 1959 in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County to have him legally declared to…