Legal Opinion
Vieira v. Estate of Cantu
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided April 14, 1997No. 17355PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PICKARD, Judge.
1. This case requires us to decide whether the trial court erred as a matter of law by refusing to hear a will contestant’s objections to the order of settlement of an estate because the petition she filed stating her objections and seeking formal probate of an alleged earlier will was filed too late. We conclude that the district court erred by improperly quashing the contestant’s petition.
BACKGROUND AND ISSUES
2. This case concerns the propriety of procedural rulings in a hearing to close a probate. The trial court held that, because the hearing had become a formal…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Burke v. Deere & Co., AKA John Deere CoSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- National Excess Insurance v. BinghamNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1987
- National Excess Ins. Co. v. BinghamNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1987
- Matter of Estate of TaylorMontana Supreme Court · 1984
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3Cited by17 opinions
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