SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Probate Division
Stanley Mosk Dept. - 9, Stanley Mosk Dept. - 9
17STPB10966
In re: Manson, Charles M. - Decedent
August 30, 2019
8:30 AM
Honorable Clifford Klein, Judge

Janelle Brooks, Judicial Assistant Not Reported, Court Reporter

NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS: Ruling on Submitted Matter

The following parties are present for the aforementioned proceeding:

No appearances.

Out of the presence of the court reporter, the Court makes the following findings and orders:

The Court having taken the above captioned matter under submission on Thursday, August 22, 2019 hereby
rules as follows:

Motion to Compel DNA Testing

Ruling on Submitted Matter:

SUMMARY:

This case concerns the estate of Charles Manson. He was admitted to state prison in 1971 and died on
November 19, 2017. His estate is now at issue.

Charles Manson Jr.’s, a.k.a. Charles Jay White, statement that he was one of Charles Manson’s children is not
contested in this case. Mr. White predeceased Manson, dying in Colorado in 1993. Jason L. Freeman states he is
the son of Mr. White, and thus the grandson of Charles Manson. This petition alleges that that the decedent died
intestate, that Freeman is an heir and is entitled to Letters of Administration. Freeman nominated Dale Kiken to
act as administrator, per Prob. Code § 8465.

Michael A. Channels filed an Objection to the Petition. On January 22, 2018, Channels filed his own Petition,
seeking to probate a will allegedly executed by Manson in 2002, which expressly disinherited his sons as well
as any other known or unknown children, and which purportedly give his entire estate to Channels.

This motion concerns an allegation by Channels that Freeman is not the decedent’s grandson. The motion is to
compel Freeman to undergo DNA testing. The decedent’s DNA is reportedly available from the Department of
Corrections or the Kern County Coroner where the autopsy was conducted. There is no evidence that a sample
of the DNA of Charles Manson Jr./Charles Jay White, Freeman’s alleged father, is available.

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