Wisdom v. Kopel

OPINION

LOPEZ, Judge.

Hannah B. Wisdom Kemnitz died on May 16, 1977, in Lea County, New Mexico'. She was survived by three nieces, Betty Jean Lucero Kopel, Audra Lee Burcham, Elizabeth Lochen, and one nephew, C. W. Wisdom. Ms. Lochen and Mr. Wisdom are the plaintiffs in the case before us; Ms. Kopel and Ms. Burcham, the defendants.

This appeal involves an attempt by plaintiffs to reopen the proceedings distributing the Hannah Kemnitz estate, which was closed in August 1978, by an order issued by the New Mexico District Court. In order to obtain redistribution, plaintiffs filed a petition in the…