In re Estate of Womack

Opinion

CHRISTIAN SEN Judge:

‘H 1 This case concerns a dispute over the proceeds from subsurface mineral rights. Nearly twenty-five years after Gordon Warren Womack passed away, and twenty-two years after the court entered an amended order closing his estate, Womaek's son filed a petition to interpret his will. Some of Wom-ack's grandchildren opposed that petition, The district court determined that the petition sought to add language to Womaek's will and was thus an attempt to replace or amend the estate-closing order, The court noted that it lacked the authority to vacate or amend the…