Legal Opinion

Ringling v. Gooldy

Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided May 7, 1991No. Nos. 73,557, 74,498PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

BAILEY, Judge:

Appellants Deborah Ringling and Bill Gooldy (Appellants or Children) seek review of the Trial Court’s order denying their application for a share in the estate of William T. Gooldy (Decedent) as pretermit-ted heirs. Herein, Children assert (1) Decedent did not express a clear intention to disinherit Children in his Will, (2) Decedent’s disposition of his entire estate to the heirs of his surviving spouse, Appellee Alma Gooldy (Appellee or Spouse), does not constitute sufficient evidence of intention *1214to disinherit Children, and (8) Children were unintentionally omitted and are…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Matter of Estate of SevernsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982
  2. Estate of Crump v. FreemanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
  3. Matter of Estate of HesterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1983
  4. Matter of Estate of WoodwardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1991

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Matter of Estate of EversoleSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994

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