Legal Opinion

In Re the Estate of Bickel

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided March 30, 2016No. 27451PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILBUR, Justice.

[¶ 1.] In this seven-year estate dispute, testator’s daughter appeals the circuit court’s decision denying her relief from an order under SDCL 15 — 6—60(b). The daughter also asserts the circuit court erred when it considered extrinsic evidence to interpret the testator’s Last Will and Testament and subsequent Codicil, approved the personal representative’s proposed distribution of testator’s assets, reformed the Will and Codicil, and awarded attorney's fees to testator’s grandson. We affirm.

Background

[¶2.] Edward F. Bickel was born in 1925, and grew up on his family’s farm…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. New Hampshire v. MaineSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
  2. Patch v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  3. Matter of Estate of JetterSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1997
  4. In Re Estate of KlauzerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2000
  5. Commercial Trust & Savings Bank v. ChristensenSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Canterra Petroleum, Inc. v. Western Drilling & Mining SupplyNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Estate of Ducheneaux v. Ducheneaux (In Re Estate of Ducheneaux)South Dakota Supreme Court · 2018
  3. In Re the Estate of FinchSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2017
  4. Matter of Carver Revocable TrustSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2020
  5. Matter of Petersen TrustSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2023

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