Murray v. Blackney

Opinion

WALLIN, J.

The probate court awarded Paul Murray one-third of his deceased wife’s estate under the provisions of Probate Code section 70. The decedent’s sons appeal.

Statement of Facts

Paul Murray and Bonnie I. Murray were married on August 29, 1972. Their marriage produced no children. By an earlier marriage Bonnie had three sons, Robert, Gary and Russell Blackney.

On July 31, 1978, Bonnie signed a petition to dissolve her marriage to Paul. On the same day, she executed her last will and testament naming her three sons as sole beneficiaries of her estate. On October 23, 1979, the judgment…