In Re the Estate of Clare

Schroeder, J.:

Michael A. Clare and his wife, Deborah Clare, were found in their Johnson County residence on December 22, 2013, in what the district court found to be a murder/suicide tragedy with Michael as the shooter. Michael died intestate. Deborah’s daughter, Jessica K. Crosslin, petitioned to open Michael’s estate to file a claim against the estate. The district court found the petition by Crosslin to open Michael’s estate was ineffective because, as a creditor of the estate, she failed to obtain an executed order for hearing within 6 months of Michael’s death. We find the district court…