Legal Opinion
Gushwa v. Hunt
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided November 13, 2008No. 30,592PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOSSON, Justice.
{1} The New Mexico Probate Code specifies the means by which a testator may revoke a prior will. See NMSA 1978, § 45-2-507(A) (1993) (stating that a will may be revoked by either executing a subsequent will or by performing a revocatory act on the will). The district court, concluding that the purported revocation in this case was legally ineffective, granted summary judgment, and the Court of Appeals affirmed in a well-reasoned opinion. On certiorari, we affirm most of that opinion, reversing only a small part and remanding for the district court to adjudicate a…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Self v. United Parcel Service, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1998
- Handmaker v. HenneyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1999
- Matter of Estate of StantonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1991
- Bates's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
- In Re the Will of WallSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1943
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- Brown v. BrownCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2009
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