Matter of Estate of Ketterling

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that in an informal proceeding, the determinations made generally have no res judicata effect but are protected by various statutes of limitation
• providing a useful comparison of informal probate proceedings to formal probate proceedings and providing examples of when informal proceedings convert to formal probate proceedings
• “A contested hearing on whether the decedent left a valid will, after notice and before a judge, is ordinarily a formal testacy proceeding.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).