Legal Opinion

In Re Estate of Drwenski

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided January 28, 2004No. 03-29, 03-30PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KITE, Justice.

[¶ 1] Vernon Drwenski died before his divorce was finalized. As a result, his widow, Trudy Drwenski, inherited money from the estate she would not have inherited if she and Mr. Drwenski had been divorced. Mr. Drwenski’s daughter, Erin Connely, sued her father’s divorce attorney, Scott McColloch, because he failed to finalize the divorce before Mr. Drwenski died. The district court granted Mr. McColloch’s motion for summary judgment finding he owed no duty to Ms. Connely or to the estate. We affirm the district court’s judgment.

ISSUES

[¶ 2] Ms. Connely raises the following issues:

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2Cases cited56 opinions

  1. Tarasoff v. Regents of University of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
  2. Biakanja v. IrvingCalifornia Supreme Court · 1958
  3. Lucas v. HammCalifornia Supreme Court · 1961
  4. Savings Bank v. WardSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  5. Guy v. LiederbachSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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3Cited by11 opinions

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