Legal Opinion
In Matter of the Estate of George
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided November 17, 2011No. S-11-0086, S-11-0087PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
[¶ 1] Deanna Bess George (the Decedent) executed a pour-over will and a revocable inter vivos Trust for the intended purpose of disinheriting her surviving spouse, Terrance Poland (Poland), and thereby effectively destroying his elective share under Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 2-5-101 (LexisNexis 2011) as to the property transferred to the Trust. The district court concluded that the assets transferred to the revocable inter vivos Trust were not subject to the elective share of the surviving spouse. We affirm the district court's entry of summary judgment in favor of the Decedent's estate.
[¶ 2] In the…
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