IN RE ESTATE OF WALTER

No. 02CA1574.

97 P.3d 188 (2003)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Jacob J. WALTER, Deceased. Katie J. Walter, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Adam J. Walter, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jacob J. Walter; M. Margaret Semple, Heir; Rose Evans, Heir; Adam Walter, Heir; and the Estate of Robert Walter, Deceased, Respondents-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. V.

Certiorari Denied August 16, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen S. Renne, Pine, Colorado, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Epperson, and McClary, Andrew F. McClary, Fort Morgan, Colorado, for Respondent-Appellee Adam J. Walter.

Edward L. Zorn, Fort Morgan, Colorado, for Respondent-Appellee M. Margaret Semple.

Montgomery Little & McGrew, P.C., Patrick T. O'Rourke, Greenwood Village, Colorado, for Respondent-Appellee Rose Evans.

Gordon F. Esplin, Fort Collins, Colorado, for Respondent-Appellee Adam Walter.

Arnold Ross and Singer, LLP, Michael K. Singer, Sterling, Colorado, for Respondent-Appellee the Estate of Robert Walter, Deceased.


Opinion by Judge ROY.

In this probate proceeding, petitioner, Katie Walter (heir), a sister and heir of Jacob J. Walter (testator), appeals a trial court order finding that she is not an interested party in testator's estate and that, following the termination of a trust for a term of years, the estate escheats to the State of Colorado if none of the income and residuary beneficiaries survive at that time. We affirm.

Testator executed his Last Will and Testament...

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