IN RE ESTATE OF GALADA

No. 20473.

589 N.W.2d 221 (1999)

1999 SD 21

ESTATE OF Brianna Shea GALADA, Deceased.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided February 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul I. Hinderaker of Austin, Hinderaker Hopper, Strait & Bratland, Watertown, for appellants, Gerald J. Galada and John C. Louis.

Nancy L. Oviatt of Green, Schulz, Roby, Oviatt, Cummings & Linngren, Watertown, for appellees, Valerie H. Galada and Laverne C. Brownell.


GILBERTSON, Justice

[¶ 1.] Mother brought petition for appointment of Personal Representative over her deceased daughter's estate. Father objected to the appointment of a Personal Representative in South Dakota, claiming South Dakota did not have jurisdiction over daughter's estate. The circuit court, Third Judicial Circuit, Codington County, determined South Dakota has jurisdiction over the estate because the domicile of the deceased at the time of her death...

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