Wood v. White

Plaintiff seeks to be declared the sole recipient of her father’s estate. The trial court entered a decree declaring that defendant Hazel White is decedent’s widow and that plaintiff is the only child of decedent claiming under the estate. Accordingly, it ordered that the estate be distributed one-half to plaintiff and one-half to defendant. Plaintiff appeals contending that the trial court erred in finding that the defendant was legally married to the decedent.

Prior to her marriage to decedent in Reno, Nevada, on November 24, 1973, defendant was married to decedent’s son. She petitioned for…