In Re Estate of Bolinger

¶1 Hal Bolinger filed a petition for probate of the will of his son, Harry Albert Bolinger, III (Bud), in the District Court for the Eighteenth Judicial District in Gallatin County. The decedent’s three children, as well as the personal representative who had been appointed prior to the discovery of the will, contested the will and asserted, among other things, that the decedent’s estate was entitled to a share of the partnership that they claim Hal had formed with Bud. The District Court concluded that a partnership existed and awarded the estate half of the value of the partnership assets.…