IN RE ESTATE OF O'HANDLEN

No. 3-90-0558.

571 N.E.2d 482 (1991)

213 Ill. App.3d 160

156 Ill.Dec. 698

In re the ESTATE OF Esther O'HANDLEN, Deceased. (Deeann Bradford KRIEG, Corinne O'Handlen Frazier, Corinne O'Handlen Soderberg, and Thomas Michael O'Handlen, Appellants, v. Metta O'Handlen RICHERT, Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

April 19, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Holdridge, Spencer Lee Daniels, Peoria, for Deeann Bradford Krieg, Corinne O'Handlen Frazier, Corinne O'Handlen Soderberg and Thomas Michael O'Handlen.

James M. Tomlin, Raymond L. Huff, Kent A. Noble, Swain, Johnson & Gard, Peoria, Michael B. Susman, Spitzer, Addis, Susman & Krull, Chicago, for Metta O'Handlen Richert and Estate of Esther O'Handlen.


Justice SLATER delivered the opinion of the court:

Craton O'Handlen was married twice, to Matte Karr and to Lena Brewer. Offspring were produced from both unions. Esther O'Handlen, a grandchild of Craton and Lena, died intestate and it is the distribution of her estate which is in question. The descendants of Craton and Matte, who are related by half blood to the decedent, object to the distribution of the intestate estate. They contend that the trial court erred...

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