In Re Hamilton's Estate

This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the trial court, in a probate proceeding, which determined that the appellant, Shirley McGuire Hamilton, was not a pretermitted heir under RCW 11.12.090; and a cross-appeal from the court’s allowance of attorney’s fees.

The testator, Benjamin W. Hamilton, executed his will on January 22, 1949. He bequeathed $1 to his wife, Hallie E. Hamilton, $1 “to my step daughter Shirley McGuire Hamilton,” and $1 “to my step son, Donald L. Swisher,” and all the rest and residue of his property to his daughter and son, Marilyn J. Hamilton Burrowes and James L.…