Matter of Estate of Dunlap

The decedant, Bessie Eva Dunlap, died testate on November 27, 1980. J. Wayne Dunlap, the surviving child of Bessie, filed a “Petition For Exempt Property Allowance” on July 1, 1981. A hearing was held in the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the State of Montana, in and for the County of Missoula. By order, on August 5, 1981, the District Court granted J. Wayne Dunlap $3,500 in exempt property. The estate of Bessie Dunlap thereafter moved the District Court to amend its order. The motion was denied, and the estate now appeals.

Bess Dunlap died testate on November 27, 1980. In…