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IN RE ESTATE OF MELAND

No. 23776.

712 N.W.2d 1 (2006)

2006 SD 22

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Clifford T. MELAND, Deceased.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided March 8, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence E. Long, Attorney General, Daniel J. Todd, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellant Department of Social Services.

Gordon P. Nielsen of Delaney, Vander Linden, Delaney, Nielsen & Sannes, Sisseton, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellee Estate.

SABERS, Justice.

[¶ 1.] The Department of Social Services (Department) petitioned the circuit court to allow its claim of $113,973.28 in the Estate of Clifford Meland. The Estate responded by filing a petition seeking to disclaim $166,849.77 that had passed to the Estate on account of various certificates of deposit and bonds that Clifford inherited from his sister, Alice Meland (Alice). The circuit court found that the disclaimer was untimely but operated as...

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