In re Estate of LeGrand

Blackburn, Chief Judge.

Following the probate court’s determination that he was not the common-law husband of the decedent, Myrtle Jane LeGrand, and was not entitled to year’s support, Thomas Royst Sutley appeals, arguing that the probate court improperly weighed the conflicting evidence and applied the wrong legal standard when considering it. We find otherwise on both issues and affirm.

Whether a man and a woman have entered into a common-law marriage is a question of fact. Edwards v. Edwards.1 “When the alleged marriage is unlicensed and nonceremonial, the burden is on the proponent to prove…