McGuire v. McGuire

John I. Purtle, Justice.

The Probate Court of Miller County considered an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of the decedent, Carl Edward McGuire, and a petition to grant letters of administration on the estate. The will had given the testator’s property to his wife with the residual beneficiaries being his stepchildren. A divorce ensued; however, the will was not changed. The court rejected the petition for letters of administration and construed the will as though the widow had predeceased the testator and awarded the bounty to the decedent’s stepchildren in accordance…