Voorhees v. Spencer

OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, J.:

This is an appeal from a decree of final distribution in a proceeding involving the estate of Raylen Stanley Voorhees, who died intestate. The estate was administered by Marianne Spencer, the nominee of Hazel Jewel McMasters.

The appellants claim that Raylen Stanley Voorhees died a single man and that as his heirs they are entitled to distribution of his estate.

The trial judge found that Voorhees was married to Respondent Hazel Jewel McMasters at the time of his death. Upon such finding, the trial court ordered distribution of certain community property to…