Matter of Estate of Hunt

HOWE, Associate Chief Justice:

This is an appeal from an order construing the last will and testament of Reed Dwane Hunt, deceased, and determining his heirs. The trial court concluded that the will failed to dispose of any assets of the deceased and directed that his assets be distributed to his heirs as determined by the intestate succession statutes.

*873Reed Dwane Hunt died on December 3, 1988, without a surviving wife, children, or parents. He had four stepchildren whom he had not adopted. His nearest heirs are two nieces, Dawna W. Bool and Charlene Brown, and a nephew, Jefferson D. Goul-ette,…