Welch

Filed 5/31/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FIVE

BRENDON WELCH et al., B311507

Plaintiffs and Appellants, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. ND075582 v. & 18STPB10412)

FREEMAN H. WELCH,

Individually and as Trustee, etc.,

Defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from orders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Ana Maria Luna, Judge. Reversed and remanded. FEM Law Group and F. Edie Mermelstein for Plaintiffs and Appellants. California Appellate Law Group, Charles M. Kagay and Claudia Ribet; Velasco Law Group, Peter Ali Sahin and Sindee M. Smolowitz for Defendant and Respondent. __________________________________

Appellants Brendon Welch (Brendon) and Jeanne Donohoe (Jeanne) appeal the probate court’s January 14, 2021 orders: (1)

1 denying Brendon’s Petition for Recovery of Property under Probate Code section 8501 and sustaining objections thereto by respondent Freeman H. Welch (Freeman); and (2) denying Brendon’s Petition for Letters of Administration and granting Freeman’s Petition for Probate of Will. At issue is whether a mediation…