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IN RE ESTATE OF SCHERER

No. S-13-0281.

336 P.3d 129 (2014)

2014 WY 129

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Ronald Keith SCHERER, Deceased. Lilyanna B. Knudson, Appellant (Petitioner), v. Robert Lee Scherer II, Appellee (Respondent).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

October 14, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: John Z. Courson and Matthew D. Kaufman , Hathaway & Kunz, P.C., Cheyenne, Wyoming. Argument by Mr. Courson.

Representing Appellee: Donald P. Prehoda, Jr. and Aaron L. Tomisich , Prehoda, Leonard & Edwards, LLC, Laramie, Wyoming. Argument by Mr. Tomisich.

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

BURKE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Ronald K. Scherer died intestate in 2009. At that time, Appellant Lilyanna Knudson believed that the decedent was her biological father. She learned after his death that he was not. She filed a petition in district court seeking a determination that she was his heir. She based her claim on the judicially-created doctrine of equitable adoption. Robert L. Scherer, II,1 brother of the decedent, filed a motion...

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