McInnis v. Estate of McInnis

Alyce Mclnnis appeals the denial of her claim against her husband’s estate. She asserts she was entitled to thirty percent of the cash remaining in his estate after the payment of debts in addition to the funds she received from two Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). We reverse.

FACTS/PROCEDURAL HISTORY

E.C. Mclnnis (Husband) and Alyce Mclnnis (Wife) married in 1988. Prior to their marriage, Husband opened two IRAs. He named his children, Duncan Allen Mclnnis and Terry Alice Mclnnis Hommel, as his beneficiaries and listed his grandchildren, Duncan Allen Mclnnis, Jr. and Jean Kaye Mclnnis,…