OLDHAM v. OLDHAM

No. 32,001.

247 P.3d 736 (2011)

2011-NMSC-007

Dustin OLDHAM, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Glenda OLDHAM, Respondent-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

February 4, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luebben Johnson & Barnhouse LLP, Karl E. Johnson , Randolph H. Barnhouse , Samuel D. Hough , Albuquerque, NM, for Petitioner.

Geer, Wissel & Levy P.A., Maria Garcia Geer , Robert D. Levy , Elizabeth Drotning Hartwell , Albuquerque, NM, for Respondent.


OPINION

DANIELS, Chief Justice.

{1} This case requires us to interpret and harmonize potentially conflicting provisions within our domestic relations, probate, and trust statutes to determine the process through which a decedent's estate is defined and distributed when one party to a pending divorce proceeding dies before a final divorce decree is entered. Under these circumstances, a provision within New Mexico's domestic relations code, NMSA...

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