Werden v. Thorpe

pro tempore

Darin H. Werden (Darin), the son of decedent Robert Werden (Werden), filed a petition to set aside Werden’s 1983 will, which had been admitted to probate. He alleged that, as a matter of law, the will had been revoked in 1989 by Werden’s marriage to respondent Linda Thorpe-Werden (Linda). After a trial, the court entered judgment in favor of respondents. We affirm.

Werden met Linda in 1975, while he was married. He later divorced his first wife. In November, 1978, Werden and Linda went to Los Barriles, a small town in Baja, Mexico, with a number of friends and Werden’s sister, Nancy…