Cresto v. Cresto

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnson, J.:

Steven Cresto (Steven) and Terese Jones (Terese), collectively referred to herein as “children,” were the natural children of Francis E. Cresto, deceased (Decedent). The children challenged Decedent’s 2008 last will and testament and inter vivos trust which changed his prior estate plan to leave full ownership of all of his property to his third wife and the children’s second stepmother, Mary K. Koehler Cresto (Kathleen), and her children, thereby effectively disinheriting the children. The district court ruled that Kathleen, through the…