3115 If a decedent's child outlives him/her, the child is surviving issue regardless of whether s/he sues for the decedent's wrongful death, so persons who would take from the decedent's estate by intestate succession do not necessarily have standing to sue for wrongful death; a question of fact exists as to whether financial contributions made by decedent to his/her parents' household were sufficient to make them dependent on him/her and confer standing on them to sue for wrongful death.CitationCHAVEZ v CARPENTER (Wrongful Death Standing) 91 CA4 1433 [See: CCP 377.20; ProbC 6403; Hazelwood v Hazelwood 57 CA3 693; Perry v Medina 192 CA3 603; Fraizer v Hivelkura 91 CA4 942, T/AT 9/01]
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