Estate of Hines v. Hines

This is an appeal from an apportionment of the proceeds from the settlement of a wrongful death action. The apportionment was pursuant to ORS 30.040 as it existed at the time of decedent’s death in 1973,1 and the parties are decedent’s parents, who separated from one another in 1969 after several years of marital discord. The father (appellant) contends that the trial court was mistaken in finding the mother (respondent) to be a dependent of the decedent under the former ORS 30.020 and that it erred in awarding all of the settlement proceeds to the mother and none to the father.

Decedent was…