Matter of Estate of Epperson

Webb Hubbell, Chief Justice.

Buel Epperson executed a will on August 29, 1980, bequeathing his personal property to his wife Wanda, if she survived him, and the rest, residue, and remainder of his estate to the Buel Epperson Family Trust. Buel and Wanda were divorced on March 29, 1982, and Buel married appellee, Carolyn Epperson on August 30,1982. Buel Epperson died less than a year later on June 20, 1983, without having made a new will.

The August 29, 1980 will was admitted to probate, and appellee filed a petition to elect her dower rights against the will. The appellants, the estate of Buel…