Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Pawlik
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided April 14, 2014No. A13-1628PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOOTEN, Judge.
An heir challenges the district court’s determination that the creditor of another heir has standing to petition for a determination of descent. Because the creditor has a judgment that can be satisfied by the inherited property, the creditor has a property right in the decedent’s estate and has standing under the probate code as an interested person. We affirm.
FACTS
Janet Pawlik died in January 2008, survived by her two sons, appellant Thomas Pawlik and Timothy Pawlik. In January 2012, respondent Charles Bond, a creditor with a docketed judgment against Timothy,…
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