Legal Opinion

In re Estate of Frank

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided January 11, 2019No. S-18-0150PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOOMGAARDEN, Justice.

[¶1] Appellant, Sharon Ross, applied for a decree of summary distribution of real property of the estate of her grandfather, Chris Robert Frank (Decedent). The district court denied the application, ruling Appellant lacked standing to file it. We affirm.

ISSUE

Did the district court err in its analysis of W.S. § 2-1-205 regarding who can file as a distributee and from whom a distributee may claim?

FACTS

[¶2] Decedent, Chris Robert Frank, died testate on August 28, 1990, in Laramie County, Wyoming, where he owned property interests. Several family members survived Decedent,…

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