MATTER OF ESTATE OF DOBSON

No. 85-37.

708 P.2d 422 (1985)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Rose A. DOBSON. Mary Rose LORENZO, Appellant (Petitioner), v. Martha HOWARD, James E. Dobson, and Robert R. Dobson, Appellees (Objectors). David Clift, Temporary Administrator of the Estate of Rose A. Dobson, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

October 28, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Maycock, of Daly, Maycock, Anderson & Taylor, P.C., Gillette, for appellant.

Richard S. Dumbrill, of Jones, Dumbrill & Hansen, Newcastle, for appellees James E. Dobson, Robert Dobson and Martha Howard.

Richard J. Macy, of Macy & Harper, Sundance, for appellee Martha Howard.

Before THOMAS, C.J., and ROSE, ROONEY, BROWN and CARDINE, JJ.


BROWN, Justice.

This appeal seeks review of the district court's ruling that a holographic will was invalid. Appellant Mary Rose Lorenzo, eldest court to admit the decedent's holographic will to probate. The decedent's other children by a later marriage, appellees Martha Howard, James E. Dobson, and Robert R. Dobson, objected to the admission of the holographic will. After a hearing on the matter, the district court ruled the holographic will invalid and denied its...

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