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ESTATE OF GORRELL v. GORRELL

No. 860113-CA.

740 P.2d 267 (1987)

In the Matter of the ESTATE, OF Katherine Wentland GORRELL, Deceased, v. Robert E. GORRELL, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

Rehearing Denied September 10, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pete N. Vlahos, Vlahos & Sharp, Ogden, for appellant.

Michael J. Glasmann, Ogden, for respondent.

Before GARFF, BENCH and JACKSON, JJ.

OPINION

BENCH, Judge:

Appellant Robert E. Gorrell challenges the judgment of a trial court finding a cash asset to be solely an asset of his decedent-wife's estate. We reverse.

Katherine Wentland Gorrell, appellant's wife, passed away May 4, 1984 at the age of 80 and after over 22 years of marriage to appellant. Later that day, while rearranging cupboards in the kitchen, appellant discovered a heartshaped beauty box hidden in a roasting pan. Inside...

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