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IN RE ESTATE OF JONES

No. 75-136.

74 Wis.2d 607 (1976)

247 N.W.2d 168

IN RE ESTATE OF JONES, Deceased: JONES, Appellant, v. JONES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided November 30, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Cross, Karch & Wagner, and oral argument by Frederick Wagner, all of Baraboo.

For the respondent there was a brief by Conway, Conway & Conway, and oral argument by Vaughn S. Conway, all of Baraboo.

ROBERT W. HANSEN, J.

Appellant challenges the trial court finding that the will of Theodore Jones was not made in contemplation of marriage and was therefore revoked by the subsequent marriage of the testator.

[1] Under existing law in 1958, a subsequent marriage of a testator, without issue, did not revoke a will earlier made.1 However, in 1971, the legislature changed the...

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