IN RE ESTATE OF NIELSEN

No. S-10-0200.

252 P.3d 958 (2011)

2011 WY 71

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Helen Isabel NIELSEN, a/k/a Helen I. Nielsen, a/k/a Helen Nielsen, Deceased. Paul D. Mathewson, Appellant (Objector), v. The Estate of Helen Isabel Nielsen, a/k/a Helen I. Nielsen, a/k/a Helen Nielsen, Deceased, Appellee (Petitioner).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

April 25, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Paul D. Mathewson , pro se.

Representing Appellee: Edward G. Luhm , Worland, Wyoming.

Before KITE, C.J., and GOLDEN, HILL, VOIGT, and BURKE, JJ.


KITE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Paul Mathewson (Grandson) objected to an application for summary distribution of his grandmother Helen Nielsen's estate. The district court overruled Grandson's objection and granted summary judgment to the applicants. After the district court denied Grandson's motion for a new trial, he appealed. We conclude that Grandson's motion for a new trial was actually a void motion for reconsideration, rendering his notice of appeal untimely...

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