ESTATE OF LeDONNE v. STEARMAN

No. 63530.

730 P.2d 519 (1986)

ESTATE OF Joseph LeDONNE, Jr., Deceased, Appellee, and Rose Vivello, Ruth DeGregorio, Michael LeDonne, Louis Cirucci, Jr., Estee Giacobbe, Ralph Rivello, Additional Appellees, v. Kimberly Jo STEARMAN and Kathryn Kay Carey (nee Stearman) Appellants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

December 9, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blackstock, Joyce Pollard & Montgomery by Philip S. Haney, Jeanne E. Dassel, Tulsa, for appellants.

James R. Eagleton, Marc F. Conley, Houston & Klein, Inc., Tulsa, for appellee.


KAUGER, Justice.

The issue presented is whether the Oklahoma Tax Code, 68 O.S. 1981 § 825,1 requires surviving joint tenants who receive assets which are not part of the probate estate, and who are beneficiaries of life insurance policies, to pay a proportionate share of federal and state tax if there are sufficient assets in the probate estate to pay all debts of the decedent, costs of administration...

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