Legal Opinion
Powell v. Estate of Fletcher
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided February 21, 2006No. 05-84PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VOIGT, Justice.
[¶1] Jane Powell married John Fletcher in 1968. She subsequently married Ralph Takemire in 1995. In 2008, Fletcher passed away. Powell was not granted a share of Fletcher's estate under his will, so she sought her spousal elective share pursuant to Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 2-5-101 (LexisNexis 2005). The district court, sitting in probate, denied Powell's claim. We affirm.
ISSUE
[¶2] Did the district court err when it placed the burden on Powell to prove her marriage to Fletcher had not been dissolved and found that Powell had not sustained that burden?
FACTS
[¶3] Powell first married…
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