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MATTER OF ESTATE OF STEFFEN

No. 17095.

467 N.W.2d 490 (1991)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Walter E. STEFFEN, Deceased. Barbara R. STEFFEN, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Sharon R. (Steffen) THURNAU, and Shawn P. Steffen as Administrator of the Estate of Walter E. Steffen, Deceased, Defendants and Appellants, v. Barbara R. STEFFEN, Third Party Defendant and Appellee. RAY FUNERAL CHAPEL, INC., A South Dakota Corp., Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Sharon R. (Steffen) THURNAU, and Shawn P. Steffen as Administrator of the Estate of Walter E. Steffen, Defendants and Appellants, v. Barbara R. STEFFEN, Third Party Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided March 13, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Blackburn and Bret Merkle, on the brief, Legal Intern, Blackburn & Stevens, Yankton, for petitioner, third party defendant and appellee.

John R. Kabeiseman, Kabeiseman, Hosmer & Kettering, Yankton, for defendants and appellants.

WUEST, Justice.

Sharon Thurnau appeals the order of the circuit court dismissing her third-party complaint against Barbara Steffen. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand.

Walter E. Steffen (hereafter decedent) died February 1, 1988. He had been married twice. His first marriage was to Sharon (Steffen) Thurnau (hereafter Thurnau). They had two children, DeLee and Shawn. Decedent and Thurnau separated before filing for divorce in September 1983, and...

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