Legal Opinion

Matter of Estate of Binder

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided April 17, 1985No. Civ. 10868PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GIERKE, Justice.

This is an appeal from orders of the county court dismissing the claims of Kent E. Binder and Jolene Binder against the Estate of Eugene Binder. We reverse and remand.

Kent and Jolene assert that they are beneficiaries of a trust created in 1977 by their father, Eugene Binder. Whether or not a trust was created is a disputed question. The petitioners’ mother and father, Gloria and Eugene, were divorced in 1977 after twenty-two years of marriage. Prior to the divorce, the parties entered into a written property settlement agreement which was incorporated into the terms of the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Matter of Estate of RakettiNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Volk v. VolkNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1963
  3. Dickinson Nursing Center v. North Dakota Department of Human ServicesNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1984
  4. McCarney v. KnudsenNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Graves v. First National Bank in Grand ForksNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1965

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Matter of Estate of RohrichNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1993
  2. Matter of Estate of ZimblemanNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Matter of Estate of RidlNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1990
  4. United Bank of Bismarck v. TroutNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1992
  5. Matter of Estate of EricksonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1985

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