Slusarenko v. Slusarenko

These consolidated cases involve a dispute over the estate of Jack Slusarenko,1 and particularly the farm that he owned in Milton-Freewater. To resolve plaintiffs’ appeal, we must decide whether a 1998 will and bargain-and-sale deed were the products of undue influence by Wilma Slusarenko, Jack’s second wife. To resolve Wilma’s cross-appeal, we must decide whether the 1998 will was revoked by operation of law due to Jack and Wilma’s remarriage two weeks after the will was executed. Reviewing the record de novo, Sangster v. Dillard, 144 Or App 210, 212, 925 P2d 929 (1996), adh’d to as modified…