Legal Opinion
In re Estate of Buttrick
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided October 4, 1991No. 90-351PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Merrimack County Probate Court (Cushing, J.) which found that the petitioner, Charlene L. Miller, was entitled to a spousal share of the estate of Clifton R. Buttrick, Sr., by virtue of the probate court’s finding that the petitioner and the decedent were “deemed to have been legally married” as of the time of Buttrick’s death. RSA 457:39. The question presented is whether there is sufficient evidence to satisfy the statute. We affirm.
The petitioner, Charlene L. Miller, and the decedent (Buttrick, also referred to as “Kip”) met in late 1977 and began to…
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