Wilson v. Fritschy

OPINION

BOSSON, Chief Judge.

{1} On interlocutory appeal, we decide an issue previously left unsettled by this Court: whether we will recognize the tort of intentional interference with expected inheritance when probate proceedings are available to address the just distribution of disputed assets and can otherwise provide adequate relief. See Doughty v. Morris, 117 N.M. 284, 287, 871 P.2d 380, 383 (Ct.App.1994). We hold that the tort will not lie under those circumstances. The district court having denied Defendants’ motion for summary judgment raising this same issue, we now reverse and remand…