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· 9/6/1979

Matter of Estate of Seymour

Citations

  • 600 P.2d 274
  • 93 N.M. 328

How courts have described this case

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

  • adopting probable cause rule; transferee had probable cause given \unresolved legal questions\. Id. at 332, 600 P.2d at 278
  • “The court should infer the existence or absence of good faith and probable cause from the totality of the circumstances.”
  • “[N]o-contest provisions are valid and enforceable in New Mexico, but they are not effective to disinherit a beneficiary who has contested a will in good faith and with probable cause to believe that the will was invalid.”

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Judges: Payne

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