In re the Estate of Bonny

WILKINS, Justice:

Louis J. Bonny died intestate on October 17, 1968, leaving then surviving his second wife, now deceased, and his six adult children, all of whom are now living. No Letters of Administration were applied for, and the decedent’s estate was not formally settled. On March 28, 1978, the decedent’s eldest daughter, Ellen B. Bethers, petitioned the District Court, Utah County, for determination of heirship, alleging that the only asset of the decedent’s estate consisted of 11.6 acres of unimproved real property located near Alpine, Utah.

Decedent’s youngest son, Paul W. Bonny,…