Matter of Estate of Burnford

METZGER, Judge.

In this probate matter, Sharon Roark Burnford (wife) appeals the order of a district court referee in which the referee ruled that her petition to take an elective share of her decedent husband's estate was filed untimely. We conclude that because wife failed to seek review of the referee’s order in the district court, this court is without jurisdiction to consider her appeal. Therefore, we dismiss the appeal with prejudice.

After her husband’s will was admitted to formal probate, wife filed a petition to take her elective share of his estate. Thereafter, a district court…