ESTATE OF HANAU v. HANAU

No. C-6133.

730 S.W.2d 663 (1987)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Robert C. HANAU, Deceased, Petitioner, v. Dorris Dunn HANAU, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Davis, Sr., Johnson & Davis, Harlingen, and Michael J. Cenatiempo and Sharon E. Gardner, Michael J. Cenatiempo & Associates, P.C., Houston, for petitioner.

Randell W. Friebele, Friebele & Mardis, Harlingen, for respondent.


ROBERTSON, Justice.

This case involves the question of whether the rule announced in Cameron v. Cameron, 641 S.W.2d 210 (Tex.1982) applies to probate as well as divorce matters.

Robert and Dorris Hanau were married in Illinois in 1974 and five years later moved to Texas. After moving here, Robert prepared a will leaving his separate property to his children by a prior marriage, and his community property to Dorris...

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