Montoya v. Torres

OPINION

FROST, Justice.

This action to quiet title to real property located in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, was brought by Frank W. Montoya, Jr. (Frank Jr.) against the estate of his grandfather’s wife, Margaret Vigil Montoya, her three children, and various other relatives of Margaret. The case involves the effect of a presumption of undue influence on the validity of the quitclaim deed given to Frank Jr. by Margaret and her husband, Max Emiliano Montoya, who was Frank Jr.’s maternal grandfather with whom he had “a very special relationship ... closer than the average grandfather-grandson.”…