THOMAS v. BANK OF OKLAHOMA, N.A.

No. 60207.

684 P.2d 553 (1984)

Richard A. THOMAS, Martha Ann Thomas, and Mary Virginia Thomas Ragan, Appellants, v. BANK OF OKLAHOMA, N.A., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

July 24, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam T. Allen, III, Loeffler & Allen, Sapulpa, for appellants.

James M. Sturdivant, W. Thomas Coffman, Teresa B. Adwan, Gable & Gotwals, Tulsa, for appellee.


DOOLIN, Justice.

Can forced heir election under 84 O.S. 1981, § 44 be defeated by placing assets in a revocable inter vivos trust? We answer in the negative.

Richard and Martha Thomas were married in 1953, and two children (co-plaintiffs/appellants) were born of that union. In 1976 Martha placed the bulk of her separate inherited property in a revocable vivos trust with herself and the appellee/bank serving as...

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