MATTER OF ESTATE OF GARZA

No. 19360.

725 P.2d 1328 (1986)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Rolando S. GARZA, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Utah.

September 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cecelia M. Espenoza, John L. Black, Jr., Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Robert J. Poulsen, Murray, for respondent.


HOWE, Justice.

This matter arises in the aftermath of a murder-suicide. Rolando Garza shot and killed Diane, his wife of three years, on June 28, 1978. He then took his own life, leaving the couple's two minor children orphaned. Cleo Garcia, Diane's mother and maternal grandmother of the two children, was appointed their guardian.

On June 18, 1981, almost three years after Rolando's death, Roman Garza, Rolando's father, was appointed personal representative...

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