NORDLING v. COCHRAN

E82-0418; CA A49574.

780 P.2d 805 (1989)

98 Or.App. 747

In the matter of the Estate of William E. Cochran, Deceased. Lavera M. NORDLING, Respondent, v. Marilyn Joanne COCHRAN, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided October 11, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacquelyn Romm, Eugene, argued the cause for appellant. With her on the briefs were Douglas R. Schultz, and Cass, Scott, Woods & Smith, Eugene.

Margaret E. Dailey, Roseburg, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief was Cegavske & Associates, P.C., Roseburg, Oregon.

Before GRABER, P.J., and RIGGS and EDMONDS, JJ.


EDMONDS, Judge.

Defendant appeals from an order of the trial court giving priority to plaintiff in the distribution of defendant's intestate share of an estate. We reverse and remand.

Defendant is decedent's widow, and plaintiff is decedent's daughter from a previous marriage. After decedent died, the trial court admitted his will to probate. Defendant had married decedent approximately two weeks before he died. In those two weeks, decedent changed his will...

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