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Law Practice

Sep. 6, 2008

Court Rejects Widow's Challenge to Lawyer's Altered Will

Web Exclusive - A Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that famed plaintiffs' lawyer Edward Masry had the right to change his estate plan without his wife's knowledge.

WEB EXCLUSIVE

By Laura Ernde
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      Two weeks before he died, famed plaintiffs' attorney and environmental crusader Edward L. Masry changed his estate plan without notifying his wife of 14 years.
      Under the new plan, Masry's share of the couple's joint trust went into a new trust controlled by his children.
      A state a...

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