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HomeMy WebLinkAbout905764THE STATE OF WYOMING ) : ss. COUNTY OF SWEETWATER ) In the Matter of the Estate of ELLEN A. GORDON, deceased. IN THE DISTRICT COURT THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT Probate No. P-04-121-R F/LED DECREE OF FINAL SETTLRMENT OF ACCOUN$A~I ~ ZOOS :' ~ ORDER OF DISTRIBUTION ELLEN SMiTH CLERKOF ~Y- DISIRICTCOURT John A. Gordon, Executor of the Estate of Ellen A. Gord~WUCLE deceased, heretofore rend'ered and filed herein a final report of his administration of the assets of the estate located in the State of Wyoming and filed with said report a petition for distribution of said assets. Said report and petition came on this day regularly to be heard, proof having been made to the satisfaction of the Court that notice of said Final Accounting And Petition For Distribution and the hearing of same have been given in the manner and for the time required by law; and the Court being fully advised in the premises finds as follows: 1o Ellen A. Gordon died testate on October 27, 2001 and left estate in the State of Wyoming consisting of oil, gas and mioeral interests situated in Sweetwater County and Lincoln County, Wyoming. At the time of her death she was a resident of Littleton, Jefferson County, Colorado. Decedent left no surviving spouse. 2. The Decedent left a Last Will and Testament dated May 28, 1969 which was duly admitted to probate in the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado under Case Number 01PRll90. Petitioner John A. Gordon is a resident of the State of Colorado and has been duly appointed by the Colorado court as Executor of the Decedent's estate. He is serving in that capacity at the present time. 3. Certified copies of the Colorado probate and administration of the Estate of Ellen A. Gordon were admitted in the State of Wyoming as a Probate of the Estate of Ellen A. Gordon on December 6, 2004, pursuant to the provisions of Wyoming Statute 2-11-201. 4. At the time this matter was admitted to. record in this Court verification of full payment of all debts, estate taxes and inheritance taxes was provided to the Court. 5. Said final report is in all respects true and correct; all debts against the deceased and her estate have been fully paid and discharged and said estate is now ready for final distribution and in a condition to be closed. 6. The person entitled to receive the Decedent's Wyoming estate is John Al Gordon, 7012 South Owens Street, Littleton, Colorado 80127. Said heir is not under a legal disability. 7'~ The Wyoming p~'operty remaining in the hands of the Executor for distribution to the beneficiary of the estate is as follows: To 19 N,, R. 112 W~ SEC. 10:SI/2SE1/4 (1/20 OF THE TOTAL MINERAL ESTATE) SEC. 10:N1/2SE1/4 (1/10 OF THE TOTAL MINERAL ESTATE) SEC. 10:SW1/4NE1/4 (1/10 OF THE TOTAL MINERAL ESTATE) SEC. 14: ALL {1/20 OF THE TOTAL MINERAL ESTATE) SWEETWATER COUNTY, WYOMING b o T- 19 N.., R-112 W. SEC. 10:SE1/4NW1/4 (1/20 OF THE TOTAL MINERAL ESTATE) SEC. 10:NE1/4SW1/4 (~/20 OF THE TOTAL MINERAL ESTATE) LINCOLN COUNTY, WYOMING RECEIVED 1/10/2005 at 10:23 AM RECEIVING # 905764 BOOK: 576 PAGE: 774 JEANNE WAGNER LINCOLN COUNTY CLERK, KEMML ....... ' '"' 7 7 5 8. The Court notes that by entry of its December 6, 2004 Order Admitting Estate Of Non-Resident, the State of Colorado probate proceedings were "considered and treated from that time as original proceedings in this Court" and are "conclusive evidence of the facts shown therein". Because this provision is ambiguous and because the mineral rights hereinafter described were not described with particularity in the Colorado probate proceedings, the Court deems it advisable to enter an order herein specifically describing said mineral interes%s and specifically setting them over to John A..Gordon. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the Final Accounting And Petition For Distribution of said administration be, and the same is hereby settled, allowed and approved. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the aforementioned fractions of the total oil, gas and other minerals owned by the Decedent at the time of her death in, under or which may be produced and saved from the aforementioned described lands in Sweetwater County and Lincoln Coun£y, Wyoming be, and the same are hereby, distributed, granted, conveyed and set over, in kind, to John A. Gordon. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that any other property located in the State of Wyoming, real, personal or mixed not now known or discovered, and any which may belong to said estate, or in which said estate may have an interest, be and:'~he same is hereby distributed, granted, conveyed and set over to John A. Gordon. IT IS FINALLY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the administration of this es£ane is hereby brought to a close, there being no other property in the State of Wyoming to be distributed. Therefore, John A. Gordon is hereby fully and finally released from his duties in Wyoming as Executor of the estate of Ellen A. Gordon. DATED this _ (~L_~day of January, 2005.