IN RE ESTATE OF JOYCE

No. 2007AP1751.

754 N.W.2d 515 (2008)

2008 WI App 92

In re the ESTATE OF Michael S. JOYCE: Mary Jo Joyce, Appellant, v. Mary Therese Joyce, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed May 21, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Christopher P. Riordan of von Briesen & Roper, S.C. of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of James R. Danaher of Schloemer, Spella & Enea, S.C. of West Bend.

Before BROWN, C.J., ANDERSON, P.J., and SNYDER, J.


¶ 1 BROWN, C.J.

This case is about whether a widow, who was left out of an IRA and missed the one-year deadline to make a claim alleging an improper gift under the Marital Property Act, can nevertheless breathe life into her claim by asserting it as part of the probate of her late husband's will. She raises numerous arguments that she can do it this way, but we shoot them all down for the simple reason that she is...

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