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IN RE ESTATE OF DUVAL

No. 25065.

777 N.W.2d 380 (2010)

2010 SD 2

The ESTATE OF Paul A. DUVAL, Deceased. Karen Hargrave, Petitioner and Appellee, v. Nathalie Duval-Couetil and Orielle Duval-Georgiades, Respondents and Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided January 6, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick M. Ginsbach, James G. Sword of Farrell, Farrell and Ginsbach, PC, Hot Springs, SD, for petitioner and appellee.

Gerald M. Baldwin, Custer, SD, for respondents and appellants.

MEIERHENRY, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Nathalie Duval-Couetil and Orielle Duval-Georgiades (Daughters) appeal the circuit court's judgment that Karen Hargrave (Hargrave) was the common-law wife of their father, Paul A. Duval (Duval). Daughters contend the circuit court erred when it held that Duval and Hargrave entered into a common-law marriage under the laws of Mexico and Oklahoma. We agree and reverse the circuit court.

FACTS AND BACKGROUND

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