Legal Opinion

Estate of Hubert

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided October 26, 2016No. 27793PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ZINTER, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Bonnie Jean Pease 1 died leaving a holographic will. The circuit court ruled that the will devised all residual property to Douglas Hubert and nothing to Lisa and Lynn Schock. The court ruled that Pease only intended Schocks to be personal representatives who were to execute the will. Schocks appeal. We reverse.

Facts and Procedural History

[¶ 2.] Pease executed a holographic will while- in- the penitentiary approximately seven months before her death on August 4, 2013. The will disinherited Pease’s mother Donna Sedivy, her sister Beverly Shimmin, and her brother Brian…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of KlauzerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2000
  2. Nelson v. First Northwestern Trust Co. of South DakotaSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1978
  3. In Re the Estate of KeslingSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2012

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Estate of HubertSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2022

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API