Matter of Estate of Daigle

QUINN, Justice.

This appeal raises three separate issues of law stemming from a wrongful death claim filed by a surviving spouse, individually and as parental next friend of her three minor children, against a decedent’s estate. 1 The district court held that the nonclaim statute, section 15-12-803(2)(b), C.R.S. 1973, which bars any claim not filed against a decedent’s estate within four months after it arises, was tolled by reason of the minority of the claiming children. The district court also rejected an insurance carrier’s equal protection challenge to section 15-12— 803(3)(b), C.R.S.…