Soefje v. Jones

OPINION

Opinion by REBECCA SIMMONS, Justice.

This case stems from a will and a trust through which the personal and real property belonging to Susan Soefje (“Soefje”) would be distributed to her daughter, Peggy Soefje (“Peggy”), and her son, Marvin Soefje (“Marvin”), upon her death. The case proceeded on two tracks — one in which the will was probated and one involving the trust. The district court properly held that most of Marvin’s claims against Peggy are barred because of the preclusive effect of the probate proceedings, and we affirm its judgment, in part. But because the district court…