ESTATE OF CHRISTENSEN v. CHRISTENSEN

No. 17892.

655 P.2d 646 (1982)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Clyde L. CHRISTENSEN, Deceased. v. Virginia T. CHRISTENSEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

September 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. West, Frank Armstrong, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

David S. Geldzahler, John M. Bradley, Salt Lake City, for respondent.


OAKS, Justice:

Appellant, who married the 83-year-old testator six weeks before his death, contends that she is entitled to 50 percent of his $10 million estate as an "omitted spouse" under U.C.A., 1953, § 75-2-301. She claims the intestate share specified where "a testator fails to provide by will for his surviving spouse who married the testator after the execution of the will... ." The district court granted the executor's motion to dismiss appellant's petition...

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