Estate of Silveira v. Silveira, et al., No: C064026, 2011 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 5590 (Cal. Ct. App. Jul. 26, 2011)

(dispute between divorced parents over $8 million estate of deceased son; high net worth of was result of settlement with son’s school which failed to adequately treat him following heart attack at school; father, who had not been a part of son’s life since birth, signed disclaimer waiving father’s right to half the estate; mother filed petition to enforce disclaimer, but trial court ruled disclaimer void because mother misrepresented nature of disclaimer and father not negligent in failing to read it in reliance on misrepresentations and disclaimer did not contain “adequate description of assets”; appellate court affirmed and established heirship).