In Re Estate of Kimbrell

SANDSTROM, Justice.

[¶ 1] Phyllis Kimbrell appealed from district court orders entered in the administration of the Estate of Gerald C. Kim-brell, Deceased (“Estate”). We conclude she received a homestead estate in Gerald Kimbrell’s homestead for life or until she remarries, subject to existing encumbrances, and we affirm.

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[¶ 2] Gerald and Phyllis Kimbrell married in 1990. When Gerald Kimbrell died in 2002, he was survived by Phyllis Kim-brell and three adult children from a previous marriage. Gerald Kimbrell’s 1986 will left his estate to his children, without specifically devising his…