Estate of El Wardani

Filed 8/31/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Estate of RAMSEY WALTER EL WARDANI, Deceased.

JANINE WHITE EL WARDANI, D079406

Petitioner and Appellant,

v. (Super. Ct. No. 37-2017-00031536-

PR-LA-CTL)

ALEXANDRIA EL WARDANI, as Administrator, etc.,

Objector and Respondent.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, John B. Scherling, Judge. Affirmed. James Michael Hester for Petitioner and Appellant. Chhokar Law Group, Kimberley Victoria Deede and Gian Ducic- Montoya for Objector and Respondent. Ramsey Walter El Wardani died intestate in 2016 and was survived by

his wife Janine and daughter from a previous marriage, Alexandria (Ali).1 Four years into a protracted probate dispute between Janine and Ali, the court removed Janine as court-appointed administrator of Ramsey’s estate. It deemed her ineligible to serve in that role because it found that she was not a United States (U.S.) resident as required by section 8402, subdivision

(a)(4) of the Probate Code.2 Emphasizing her numerous ties to California, Janine appeals her removal as…