In re Estate of Mueller

No. 127,532 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS In the Matter of the Estate of LORINE H. MUELLER. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. A debt owed by a person entitled to share in an estate may be set off against that person's distributive share of the estate even if collection of that debt under the law may be barred by statute or the parties' contract. 2. Courts are not compelled to give effect to a choice-of-law clause if the law the parties have chosen contravenes the settled public policy of this state. Appeal from Sedgwick District Court; ROBB RUMSEY, judge. Oral argument held March 11,…