Matter of Estate of Bouse

ROMANG, Judge.

A curious procedural history lead to the District Court’s decision that Appellant Darla Newton Bouse was not the common law wife of the deceased but was merely Darla Newton.

On Glenn Bouse’s death Ruth A. Bouse (his mother and named executrix) filed his will for probate and sought the appointment of the Fidelity Bank, N.A., as Co-Administrator. The appointment was made and the matter admitted to probate.

The Appellant filed a motion objecting to the appointment of the Executrix and Co-Administrator, an application for a widow’s allowance, and a motion objecting to the sale of…