Donovan v. Hendrickson

SCHEB, Acting Chief Judge.

Helen Donovan, individually and as personal representative of her late husband’s estate, challenges the trial court’s order holding that her husband, the late Ralph Donovan, did not properly devise his homestead to her, as surviving spouse. Accordingly, the trial court held that she has only a life estate in the homestead. We reverse.

On June 13, 1986, Mr. Donovan executed a revocable inter vivos trust “to provide a means for the management of certain of my properties ... and for the disposition of the Trust Estate upon my death.” The instrument specified that the:

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