Legal Opinion
In re Ring
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 29, 2005No. 04-1222PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
After Donna Ring filed for bankruptcy, the trustee proposed to settle a suit that she had pending in Wisconsin state court. Ring objected, but the bankruptcy court approved the settlement. The district court affirmed that decision, as do we.
In February 2002, Ring petitioned a Wisconsin court to award her a share of Ralph Wrezic’s estate; she claimed to be a nonmarital daughter mistakenly omitted from his will. See Wis. Stat. § 853.25(2). The court granted summary judgment for the estate and interested parties, including Wrezic’s widow, reasoning that Ring, who is over 50, had missed a…
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