CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Death of a Spouse
......Wills & Trusts
.........Trusts
............Curing Ambiguities in Trust
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F's attempted exclusion of his son from grandfather's trust must be set aside as invalid—son should be awarded a 1/3 share of the appointive property as a taker in default under grandfather's will.

Extrinsic evidence in H and W's Property Agreement cures patent ambiguities in Trust instruments as to whether H and W transmuted all s/p into c/p.