In re Estate of Came

This appeal is from a decision by the Hillsborough County Probate Court (Cloutier, J.) denying the request of the petitioner, Sandra Wolfe, for recognition as a pretermitted heir under RSA 551:10. We reverse the probate court’s decision.

Guy C. Came died testate on February 27, 1985. He left no surviving spouse, but was survived by his daughter, Sandra Wolfe, the child of his first marriage to Marion G. Came. At the time of the will’s execution, September 14, 1979, Came’s second wife, Ruth, had died and, thus, was not named as a specific legatee or devisee in the instrument. Came’s daughter…