Porter v. Estate of Pigg

OPINION

FELDMAN, Chief Justice.

The court of appeals ruled in this case that the decree dissolving the marriage of J.W. Porter (“Porter”) and Irma Jean Porter was effective notwithstanding the trial court’s bifurcation of issues and consequent failure to distribute the property of the parties. Porter v. Estate of Pigg, 175 Ariz. 194, 197, 854 P.2d 1180, 1183 (1993). The court of appeals held, therefore, that Porter’s subsequent marriage to Ludie Lee Pigg (the “Deceased”) was valid and that the trial judge erred in disallowing Porter’s claims, as surviving spouse, against the Deceased’s estate.

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