3910 An attorney preparing a will for a dependent adult, in which the client purportedly leaves property to a care giver, has no duty to affix to the will a copy of a Certificate of Independent Review as defined by the Probate Code, but may owe a duty to the client's intended beneficiary to handle the transaction in a way that avoids unduly exposing the testamentary transfer to attack.CitationOSORNIO v WEINGARTEN (Independent Review) 124 CA4 304 [See: ProbC 21350, 21351; Lucas v Hamm 56 C2 583; Biakanja v Irving 49 C2 647; Borissoff v Taylor 33 C4 523, T/AT 8/04]
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