MATTER OF ESTATE OF SPEAKE

No. 63179.

743 P.2d 648 (1987)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Paul J. SPEAKE, Jr.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied October 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winford Mike Warren, Hollis, for appellant Pamela Elaine Speake.

Darryl F. Roberts, Messrs. Roberts & Duncan, Ardmore, for appellee Matha Speake.


OPALA, Justice.

The dispositive issue on certiorari is whether the one-year "recommencement-of-actions" provisions in 12 O.S. 1981 § 100, also known as a "renewal statute," extend the time prescribed in 58 O.S. 1981 § 67 to bring a post-probate will contest for a period of one year from the date the initial, timely-filed contest failed otherwise than on the merits. We answer in the negative.

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