Chase v. Young

MEMORANDUM OPINION

HUNTER, Judge:

Appellee Edward L. Young murdered his parents in 1987. He was tried by judge on two counts of first degree murder and was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Appellee’s brothers and sisters, the Appellants herein, petitioned the court for a determination of heirship and entitlement to life insurance proceeds, and urged that Ap-pellee be disqualified as an heir to his parents’ estate and any insurance proceeds based upon Oklahoma’s slayer statute, 84 O.S. 1981, § 231. Appellee filed a motion for summary judgment in which he alleged his entitlement to his…