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IN RE ESTATE OF BEREN

No. 10CA2120.

412 P.3d 487 (2012)

2012 COA 203

In re the ESTATE OF Sheldon K. BEREN, deceased. David Beren, Zev Beren, Jonathan Beren, and Daniel Beren, Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. Robert M. Goodyear, Jr., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Sheldon K. Beren; Miriam Beren; and Generation Skipping Trust and the Trustees of said trust, Appellees, and Joshua Beren, Dena Beren Grossman, and the Estate of Cheryl Beren Feldberger, Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing February 14, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blain Myhre LLC, Blain D. Myhre , Englewood, Colorado, for Appellant and Cross-Appellee David Beren.

Fairfield and Woods, P.C., Charles F. Brega , Scott T. Rodgers , Lee Katherine Goldstein , Denver, Colorado, for Appellants and Cross-Appellees Zev Beren, Jonathan Beren, and Daniel Beren.

Horowitz/Forbes, LLP, Peter C. Forbes , Denver, Colorado, for Appellee Robert M. Goodyear, Jr.

Hale Westfall LLP, Richard A. Westfall , Peter J. Krumholz , Matthew W. Spengler , Denver, Colorado; The Moore Law Firm, P.C., Theresa M. Moore , Denver, Colorado, for Appellee Miriam Beren.

Paula Constantakis Young, P.C., Paula C. Young , Denver, Colorado, for Appellee Generation Skipping Trust.

Sweetbaum Sands Anderson PC, Alan D. Sweetbaum , Denver, Colorado, for Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

¶ 1 In a protracted probate proceeding during which the value of the estate significantly increases, does the probate court's equitable power include making a compensatory increase to the surviving spouse's elective share? Addressing a question of first impression in Colorado, we conclude that the probate court erred...

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