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Litigation & Arbitration

Oct. 2, 2023

Feinstein’s death may not end daughter’s trust lawsuit

Katherine Feinstein, a former San Francisco Superior Court judge who said she received a limited power of attorney for her mother, the senator in July, filed the lawsuit in August against the trustees of a fund Richard Blum had set up for his wife’s care.

Feinstein’s death may not end daughter’s trust lawsuit
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) speaks during a meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington in 2018. She died Thursday night, according to family members. (New York Times News Service)

The death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Friday cast uncertainty over a legal battle between her daughter and the trustees and daughters of her late husband, Richard C. Blum.

If the case is now moot, Blum’s daughters would likely inherit whatever money in his trust has not been paid out to the senator since his death in February 2022.

However, many attorneys who have written about such cases, say that such a lawsui...

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