Tracy Lee Teeple applied for dependant relief against the estate of Stephen Thomsen.
The claim was settled for $225,000.
The Office of the Children's Lawyer (OCL) moved for approval of the settlement and for an order that it be funded rateably by beneficiaries under both the primary and secondary wills.
The court approved the settlement but ordered that it be funded rateably only by the legatees of the primary estate, finding that a reasonable testator would have intended the shares of the company (governed by the secondary will) to pass separately and unaffected by primary will bequests.
