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IN RE ESTATE OF HUGHES

No. 97,827.

90 P.3d 1000 (2004)

2004 OK 20

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Dewey Lawrence HUGHES, deceased, Robert S. Flaniken and Robert S. Flaniken, P.C., Appellants, v. Peggy L. Hepler, Personal Representative, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected April 8, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Brady, Ronald Arthur Schaulat, Oklahoma City, OK, for appellants.

Brigid F. Kennedy, Oklahoma City, OK, for appellee.

BOUDREAU, J.

¶ 1 The dispositive question presented on certiorari is whether the probate court abused its discretion in vacating the order allowing final accounting, determining heirship and authorizing distribution of the estate of Dewey Lawrence Hughes, deceased. We answer in the negative.

I. Background

¶ 2 Peggy L. Hepler (Hepler) was not related to Dewey Lawrence Hughes (Hughes). In early 1998, Hepler became acquainted with Hughes through...

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