California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Brown v. Chagoya (In re Estate of Catlin), F077368 (Cal. App. 2019):
An appellate court has discretion to address the applicability of this statute even when it was not raised below. (Allen v. Stoddard (2013) 212 Cal.App.4th 807, 811.)
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