CA,
It's.as.simple.as.this:
The.Probate.Court.judicially.validated.the.dispositive.provisions.of.the.Revocable
Living.Trust.by.excercising.its.authority.under.Probate.Code2580.et.seq..to.
substitute.its.judgment.for.that.of.the.conservatee.,and.approve.the.creation
and.funding.of.the.Trust.(2)my.brother.who.received.notice.of.the.substitued
judgment.proceedings.and.appeared.before.the.Probate.Court.to.offer.evidence
and.argument.against.the.petition.to.create.and.fund.the.Trust,is."collaterally
estpped"-i.e.,barred-from.again.challenging.the.propriety.of.the.Trust.or.its
dispositive.provisions.
The.general.integrity.of.substitued.judgment.proceedings.on.which.both.the
public.and.the.courts.rely.is.the.issue.,and.the.issue.of.collateral.estoppel.
as.one.going.to.whether.it.should.be.relitigated..The.only.problem.is.that
there.is.no.caselaw.on.point.
It's.as.simple.as.this:
The.Probate.Court.judicially.validated.the.dispositive.provisions.of.the.Revocable
Living.Trust.by.excercising.its.authority.under.Probate.Code2580.et.seq..to.
substitute.its.judgment.for.that.of.the.conservatee.,and.approve.the.creation
and.funding.of.the.Trust.(2)my.brother.who.received.notice.of.the.substitued
judgment.proceedings.and.appeared.before.the.Probate.Court.to.offer.evidence
and.argument.against.the.petition.to.create.and.fund.the.Trust,is."collaterally
estpped"-i.e.,barred-from.again.challenging.the.propriety.of.the.Trust.or.its
dispositive.provisions.
The.general.integrity.of.substitued.judgment.proceedings.on.which.both.the
public.and.the.courts.rely.is.the.issue.,and.the.issue.of.collateral.estoppel.
as.one.going.to.whether.it.should.be.relitigated..The.only.problem.is.that
there.is.no.caselaw.on.point.