In Re Estate of Romero

In this formal testacy proceeding as to the estate of Robert Ramon Romero (decedent), decedent’s children, Barbara A. Romero and Robert Ross Romero (contestants), appeal the probate court’s judgment denying their petition for adjudication of intestacy. Decedent’s sister, Dolores G. Vasquez, as devisee, opposed the petition. We affirm.

This case involves a contested probate of a formal will executed by decedent. The will named decedent’s mother as personal representative and his sister as the successor personal representative. Decedent devised a gift of $500 to each of his children and left the…