UNDERWOOD v. PEARCE
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1698443-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> <html ><br /> <head><br /> <title>UNDERWOOD v</title><br /> </head><br /> <body><br /> <div><br /> <br/><b >UNDERWOOD v. PEARCE</b><br /> <br/><b<br /> > </b><br /> <br/><b<br /> > </b><br /> <br/><b<br /> > </b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Filed<br /> 8/11/10<br /> <br/><b ><u> </u></b><br /> <br/><b ><u> </u></b><br /> <br/><b ><u> </u></b><br /> <br/><b ><u> </u></b><br /> <br/><b ><u> </u></b><br /> <br/><b ><u> </u></b><br /> <br/><b ><u>CERTIFIED<br /> FOR PUBLICATION</u></b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA<br /> <br/>FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT<br /> <br/> <br /> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0<br /> ><br /> <tr ><br /> <td width=360 valign=top ><br /> <br/>Estate of JAMES D. GARDNER,<br /> Deceased.<br /> <br/> <br /> </td><br /> <td width=274 valign=top ><br /> <br/> <br /> </td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr ><br /> <td width=360 valign=top ><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>ADRIA E. UNDERWOOD,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Petitioner and<br /> Appellant,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> v.<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>VALERIE PEARCE et al.,<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Objectors and<br /> Respondents.<br /> <br/> <br /> </td><br /> <td width=274 valign=top ><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>F058001<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>(Super.<br /> Ct. No. 06CEPR01097)<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/><b<br /> >OPINION</b><br /> </td><br /> </tr><br /> </table><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> APPEAL from<br /> a judgment of the Superior Court of Fresno<br /> County. Debra J. Kazanjian, Judge.<br /> <br/> Dowling,<br /> Aaron & Keeler, Lynne Thaxter Brown, Stephanie Hamilton Borchers, for<br /> Petitioner and Appellant.<br /> <br/> Wild,<br /> Carter & Tipton, Richard A. Harris, Thomas A. Markeson, David A. Yengoyan,<br /> for Objector and Respondent, Valerie Pearce.<br /> <br/> Kimble,<br /> MacMichael & Upton, Jon Wallace Upton, Mary Ann Bluhm, for Objectors and<br /> Respondents Danielle Francine Ricchiuti and Mari Ann Ricchiuti.<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>This case involves the disposition of approximately $2 million from the<br /> estate of James Donald Gardner, Jr. (â€