Legal Opinion

In Re Estate of Dionne

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided September 28, 2009No. 20090016PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Randall Dionne and Cynthia Larson appealed from a summary judgment dismissing their petition to void a deed issued by Norman Dionne, as personal representative of the estate of Ardis Dionne, to himself. We hold a distribution agreement for Ardis Dionne’s estate, which precipitated the deed, is ambiguous, and we reverse the summary judgment and remand for further proceedings.

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[¶ 2] On November 19, 1998, Ardis Dionne died while residing in Hawaii. She was survived by six children: Linda Lewis; Randall Dionne; Eileen Timmerman; Norman Dionne; Cynthia Larson; and…

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