Jacobs v. Jacobs

In this probate proceeding, the personal representative appeals a trial court ruling denying his petition that respondent be ordered to deliver to the estate certain assets that she had retained after her husband’s death. We affirm.

The decedent, Clifford Jacobs, died in Arizona on July 4, 1982. He was a resident of Enterprise, Oregon, at the time of his death but had been spending winters in Arizona with his wife for a number of years. His survivors include his widow, Helen, a son, Donald Jacobs, and a daughter, Helen Lee Ward. Clifford and Helen had been married for approximately 11 years;…