IN RE ESTATE OF BIVIANS

No. 5468.

652 P.2d 744 (1982)

98 N.M. 722

In re ESTATE OF Robert N. BIVIANS, Deceased. Lorrayne BIVIANS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Diana Bivians DENK, Claimant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Quashed October 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hunter L. Geer, P.A., Albuquerque, for petitioner-appellant.

Stephen Joseph Vogel, Sullivan, Villella, Skarsgard & Noya, Albuquerque, for claimant-appellee.


OPINION

DONNELLY, Judge.

This is an appeal by Lorrayne Bivians from an order of the district court determining heirship in her father's estate. The court concluded that appellee, Diana Bivians Denk, was the widow of decedent Robert N. Bivians by virtue of a common law marriage, that decedent's entire estate was community property, and that decedent died intestate.

The central points raised on appeal are: (1) whether the evidence and findings support...

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