Legal Opinion
Oldham v. Oldham
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided February 4, 2011No. 32,001PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DANIELS, Chief Justice.
{1} This case requires us to interpret and harmonize potentially conflicting provisions within our domestic relations, probate, and trust statutes to determine the process through which a decedent’s estate is defined and distributed when one party to a pending divorce proceeding dies before a final divorce decree is entered. Under these circumstances, a provision within New Mexico’s domestic relations code, NMSA 1978, Section 40-4-20(B) (1993), requires the domestic relations court to continue the proceedings in order to determine marital property rights and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- State v. NICK R.New Mexico Supreme Court · 2009
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3Cited by11 opinions
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