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IN RE MARK E. DOWELL IRREVOCABLE TRUST # 1

No. S-12-0098.

290 P.3d 357 (2012)

2012 WY 154

In the Matter of the Modification of the MARK E. DOWELL IRREVOCABLE TRUST # 1, DATED THE 16TH DAY OF MAY, 2000. Elizabeth L. Dowell, Appellant (Respondent), v. Mark E. Dowell, Appellee (Petitioner).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

December 13, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Ann M. Rochelle of Rochelle Law Offices, P.C., Casper, Wyoming; Douglas McLaughlin of Law Office of Douglas R. McLaughlin, Casper, Wyoming. Argument by Ms. Rochelle.

Representing Appellee: Judith Studer and Tassma A. Powers of Schwartz, Bon, Walker & Studer, LLC, Casper, Wyoming. Argument by Ms. Studer.

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

DAVIS, Justice.

[¶ 1] While he and Appellant Elizabeth (Betsy) Dowell were still married, Appellee Dr. Mark Dowell created an irrevocable life insurance trust (ILIT) naming Ms. Dowell as its primary beneficiary and their two children as contingent beneficiaries. The couple divorced five years later. Six years after the divorce, Dr. Dowell filed a petition to modify the trust, in which he contended that he did not need to obtain Ms. Dowell's consent to modify...

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