In Re the Estate of Flynn

Mary Flynn appeals an order of the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, admitting to formal probate the July 1,1994 will of Joseph Flynn and declaring null and void the June 14,1994 declaration of marriage between the two of them. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The issues are:

1. Did the District Court err in invalidating the marriage of Joseph and Mary Flynn?

2. Is reversible error present in the court’s findings of fact?

Joseph Flynn and Mary Flynn married in 1961. Mary brought four daughters into the marriage, and four more children were born to the couple. The marriage was…