In Re Estate of Lowrance

This case concerns the deaths of a married couple, Paul F. Lowrance and Mary Ellen Lowrance, and the question is whether the evidence is sufficient for a finding that one survived the other. Both died on December 6,1975, apparently from gunshot wounds inflicted by their 13-year-old daughter who was incarcerated at the time of this proceeding. Each had children from prior marriages and left different heirs. The administrator of the estate of Paul F. Lowrance petitioned the Marion County Circuit Court for a declaratory judgment finding that the couple died simultaneously. The administrator of…