Tribal Court Cases Related to Wills, Trusts, Estates, and Probate

Probate

Probate; Descent and Distribution

Trust Funds

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Wills, Trusts, Estates and Probate

Probate

Austin v. Austin, No. A-CV-47-91 (Nav. Sup. Ct., Mar. 31, 1993) 20 ILR 6023

Badonie, Estate of, No. CH-CV-246-85 (Nav. D. Ct., Chinle, July 31, 1993) 20 ILR 6094

Beardsley v. Blackman, No. SC-CV-53-95 (Navajo Nat. Sup. Ct., May 28, 1997) 24 ILR 6133

Boyd, et al. v. Colville Tribal Credit, No. AP01-006 (Colville Confederated Tribes Ct. App., May 19, 2003) 30 ILR 6125

Broken Leg, In the Matter of the Estate of, No. CA 88-05 (Rbd. Sx. Ct. App., July 27, 1989) 16 ILR 6125

Chase, et al., v. Petro-Hunt, LLC, No. CV 2011-0441 (Three Affiliate Tribes of Fort Berthold Res. Dist. Ct., Dec. 20, 2011) 39 ILR 6006

Damon v. Damon, et al., No. SC-CV-25-01 (Navajo Nation Sup. Ct., June 3, 2003) 30 ILR 6001

Gene, et al. v. Hallifax, No. SC-CV-71-98 (Navajo Nation Sup. Ct., Apr. 5, 2000) 28 ILR 6124

Goldtooth Begay No. 2, Estate of, No. A-CV-11-91 (Nav. Sup. Ct., July 17, 1991) 18 ILR 6130

In the Matter of the Estate of Amy Kindle, Descheene, Jr. v. Light, et al., No. SC-CV-38-99 (Navajo Nation Sup. Ct., Aug. 2, 2001) 29 ILR 6117

LeCompte, In the Matter of the Estate of, LeCompte, et al. v. LeCompte, No. 06-11-A (Cheyenne River Sioux Ct. App., Oct. 4, 2007) 34 ILR 6101

LeRoy v. Rosebud Sioux Tribal Land Enterprise, et al., (Rbd. Sx. Ct. App., June 1, 1993) 20 ILR 6063

MacDonald, et al. v. Ellison, Jr., et al., No. SC-CV-44-96 (Navajo Nation Sup. Ct., Dec. 15, 1999) 27 ILR 6148

Plummer v. Plummer, No., A-CV-30-89 ( Nav. Sup. Ct., Oct. 12, 1990) 17 ILR 6151

Tsinahnajinnie, et al. v. John, No. SC-CV-80-98 (Navajo Nation Sup. Ct., Jan. 31, 2001) 28 ILR 6034

Probate; Descent and Distribution

Dickenson, Estate of, No. 85-PRO-17 (Men. Tr. Ct., Feb. 1, 1990) 17 ILR 6029

Thomas, Estate of, No. A-CV-01-87 (Nav. Sup. Ct., Aug. 12, 1988) 15 ILR 6053

Wauneka Sr., In the Matter of the Estate of, No. A-CV-26-84 (Nav. Sup. Ct., Mar. 7, 1986) 13 ILR 6049

Trust Funds

Cloutier, In re, No. CV-06-0110, 1 M.T.C.R. 50 (Mohegan Tr. Ct., May. 23, 2006) 33 ILR 6104

Hindsley, George Thunder, In the Matter of the Estate of, No. CV-97-22 (Ho-Chunk Nation Tr. Ct., Oct. 3, 1997) 25 ILR 6041

Mitchell, Zachary, In the Interest of v. Ho-Chunk Nation Enrollment, No. CV 97-60 (Ho-Chunk Nation Tr. Ct., Nov. 7, 1997) 25 ILR 6069

Tantaquidgeon, Taylor and Topanga, In re, No. CV-05-0147, 1 M.T.C.R. 46 (Mohegan Tr. Ct., Mar. 8, 2006) 33 ILR 6090