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Linda Roberts-Ross (SBN 212773)
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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
35141 Yucaipa Blvd. COUNTY OF SAN GERNARDINO
SAN BERNARDINO DISTRICT
Yucaipa, CA 92399
(951) 682-8886 Tele. OCT 3 0 2023
(951) 682~8889 Fax.
Attorney for Respondents, BY:
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Je‘fi' egaldana. Deputy
Samuel and Andrea Eakin
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIOFORNIA
10 COUNTYDF SAN BERNARDINO
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IN RE MATTER OF Case No.: TRUSBZ100051
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RESPONDENTS RESPONSE TO
15 PETITIONER’S PETITIONFOR
IMOGENE FOREMAN DETERMINATION OF WHETHER ACT XVd
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OF ATTORNEY IN FACT IS PROPER
17 AND FOR ACCOUNTING
18 DATE: DECEMBER 2023
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TIME: 1:30 P.M.
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JUDGE: HON. MICHELLE GILLEECE
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21 TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
22 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: Respondents, Samuel Eakin and Andrea Eakin, by
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and through their attomey of record, Linda Roberts-Ross, hereby provide their
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Response, Objection and Oppositiori to Plaintiff’s Petition for Determination of Whether
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Act of Attorney in fact is Proper and for Accounting.
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RESPONDENTS. SAMUEL AND ANDREA EAKINS RESPONSE TO PETITIONER’S PETITION FOR
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DETERMINATION OF WHETHER ACT OF ATTORNEY IN FACT IS PROPER AND FOR ACCOUNTING
Petitioners respond as follows:
Paragraph 1: Respondents are without information to be able to confirm or deny
the truthfulness of where Petitioner lives, and on that basis, denies. Respondents
confirm that on or about October 15. 2020 Petitioner did execute a Durable Power of
Attorney appointing Respondent. Samuel Eakin as her agent, and Andrea Eakin as a
successor agent in the event that Samuel Eakin failed to act.
Paragraph 2: Confirm as to appointment of Respondents. Respondents no
longer reside in San Bernadine County, but did at the time of the alleged events recited
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herein.
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12 Paragraph 3: Respondents are unable to confirm or deny whether the referenced
i3 document is a true and correct copy, as Respondents did not receive a copy of the
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referenced document from Petitioner with the instant Petition, despite Petitioner’s
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assertion that it was attached to Petitioner’s pleading.
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Paragraph 4: Respondent denies that Andrea Eakin is Petitionefs niece. Her
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18 true relationship to Petitioner is that of a great-niece. Andrea Eakin is marn'ed to Samuel
19 Eakin and on that basis confirms.
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Paragraph 5: Respondents deny the allegation of the first sentence of this
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paragraph. Respondents confirm that Petitioner did execute documents as alleged.
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Paragraph 6: Respondents deny the allegations contained in Paragraph 6 in
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24 their entirety. The true facts are as follows:
25 Petitioner sought out her Iong-term family attorney of nearly 15 years that had
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prepared her prior estate plan documents, Car! J. Skaja, located at 960
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RESPONDENTS. SAMUEL AND ANDREA EAKINS RESPONSE TO PE] [IEONER‘S PETITION FOR
28 DETERMINATION OF WHETHER ACT OF ATTORNEY 1N FACT IS PROPER AND FOR ACCOUNTING
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