Montana Supreme Court August 9, 2016, No. DA 15-0796 (Puryer v. Barstis)

JUSTICE COTTER

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶1 Paul L. Kurth died at the age of 82 on January 26, 2000, in a Missoula, Montana, hospital. Prior to his death, Kurth had resided with his niece and her husband, Sinda and Marty Puryer, in Kalispell for several years. On February 19,1998, Marty hand wrote a document entitled “Instructions and Last Will and Testament of Paul L. Kurth.