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IN RE ESTATE OF PAWLIK

No. A13-1628.

845 N.W.2d 249 (2014)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Janet Rae PAWLIK, a/k/a Janet R. Pawlik, a/k/a Janet Pawlik, Deceased.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

April 14, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Westrick , Nathan T. Griffin , Westrick & McDowall-Nix, PLLP, St. Paul, MN, for appellant Thomas Pawlik.

Michael A. Rosow , Gerald H. Fornwald , Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for respondent Charles Bond.

Considered and decided by BJORKMAN, Presiding Judge; ROSS, Judge; and HOOTEN, Judge.

OPINION

HOOTEN, Judge.

An heir challenges the district court's determination that the creditor of another heir has standing to petition for a determination of descent. Because the creditor has a judgment that can be satisfied by the inherited property, the creditor has a property right in the decedent's estate and has standing under the probate code as an interested person. We affirm.

FACTS

Janet Pawlik died in January 2003, survived by...

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