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IN RE ESTATE OF OAKS

Appeal No. 2019AP1084.

944 N.W.2d 611 (2020)

2020 WI App 29

IN RE the ESTATE OF David F. OAKS: The Estate of David F. Oaks, by its personal representative Cheri R. Wardell, Appellant-Cross-Respondent, v. Lynne Stouff, Respondent-Cross-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed April 28, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the appellant-cross-respondent, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Curtiss N. Lein of Lein Law Offices, Hayward.

On behalf of the respondent-cross-appellant, the cause was submitted on the brief of William Bratcher of Bratcher Law Office, LLC, Thorp.

Before Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.

¶1 Shortly before he died by suicide, David Oaks wrote a note giving all of his "worldly belongings" to Lynne Stouff, his longtime romantic partner. Based on that note, the circuit court awarded Oaks' entire estate to Stouff, pursuant to the doctrine of gift causa mortis.1 On appeal, Oaks' estate ("the...

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