In Thomas v. Doolittle, an independent executor of the estate of an alleged husband appealed the sufficiency of the evidence to support the trial court’s order granting appellee’s petition for declaratory judgment, holding that she and the decedent were informally married. No. 03-23-00498-CV, 2024 Tex. App. LEXIS 7161 (Tex.
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Court Finds That Party Lacked Standing In A Probate Proceeding Where She Was Not An Informal Spouse
By David Fowler Johnson on
Posted in Cases Decided, Texas Court of Appeals
In In re Estate of Pandozy, a woman attempted to intervene in a probate proceeding claiming that she was the informal spouse of the decedent. No. 05-19-00755-CV, 2021 Tex. App. LEXIS 1265 (Tex. App.—Dallas February 22, 2021, no pet. history). The trial court heard evidence and ruled that she…