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Probate: Civil Commitment-SVP-Voir Dire

Where appellant, who was civilly committed as a sexually violent predator, argued that the trial court abused its discretion during voir dire by prohibiting him from informing the panel about the young ages of the two children involved and from ...

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Probate: Sexually Violent Predator-Commitment-Guardianship Hearing

Where a man, who challenged his commitment as a sexually violent predator, argued that he was unconstitutionally committed because he was committed arbitrarily when a guardianship proceeding was pending, the man did not cite any authority to support the claim ...

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Probate: Charitable Trusts-Removal of Trustee-Infringement of Intellectual Property

Plaintiffs appealed from the district court’s denial of plaintiffs’ request for preliminary injunctive relief and the sua sponte order staying litigation. A rift developed among the settlor’s children; settlors amended her trust documents to remove defendant as trustee. Plaintiff trusts ...

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Probate: Trusts-Oral Contract-Statute of Frauds

Plaintiff appealed from the grant of adverse judgment in her action against defendants in connection with trust documents executed by plaintiff’s deceased grandfather. Where oral contract asserted by plaintiff concerned division and distribution of plaintiff’s grandfather’s property after his death, ...

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