IN RE ESTATE OF DRWENSKI

Nos. 03-29, 03-30.

83 P.3d 457 (2004)

2004 WY 5

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Vernon R. DRWENSKI, Deceased: Erin Marie Connely, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Vernon R. Drwenski; Erin Marie Connely, Individually; and Drwenski, LLC, a Limited Liability Company, Appellants (Plaintiffs), v. M. Scott McColloch, Esq.; McColloch and Burns, a Partnership; and Michelle McColloch Burns, Esq., Appellees (Defendants). Erin Marie Connely, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Vernon R. Drwenski; Erin Marie Connely, Individually; and Drwenski, LLC, a Limited Liability Company, Appellants (Plaintiffs), v. M. Scott McColloch, Esq.; McColloch and Burns, a Partnership; and Michelle McColloch Burns, Esq., Appellees (Defendants).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

January 28, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellants: Eldon E. Silverman of Preeo Silverman Green & Egle, P.C., Denver, Colorado.

Representing Appellees: Timothy W. Miller of Reeves & Miller Park Street Law Office, Casper, Wyoming.

Before HILL, C.J., and GOLDEN, LEHMAN, KITE, and VOIGT, JJ.


KITE, Justice.

[¶ 1] Vernon Drwenski died before his divorce was finalized. As a result, his widow, Trudy Drwenski, inherited money from the estate she would not have inherited if she and Mr. Drwenski had been divorced. Mr. Drwenski's daughter, Erin Connely, sued her father's divorce attorney, Scott McColloch, because he failed to finalize the divorce before Mr. Drwenski died. The district court granted Mr. McColloch's motion for summary judgment finding he owed...

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