Nordling v. Cochran

Defendant appeals from an order of the trial court giving priority to plaintiff in the distribution of defendant’s intestate share of an estate. We reverse and remand.

Defendant is decedent’s widow, and plaintiff is decedent’s daughter from a previous marriage. After decedent died, the trial court admitted his will to probate. Defendant had married decedent approximately two weeks before he died. In those two weeks, decedent changed his will and the beneficiary of his life insurance policies and executed a deed. All three transactions favored defendant. Plaintiff contested the validity of the…