IN RE ESTATE OF CIOCHON

No. 50,585

4 Kan. App. 2d 448 (1980)

609 P.2d 177

In the Matter of the Estate of Elizabeth A. Ciochon, Deceased.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Petition for review denied May 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Brand, Jr., of Stevens, Brand, Lungstrum, Golden & Winter, of Lawrence, for appellant, Ralph H. Ciochon.

Fred S. Jackson, of Topeka, for appellee, Charles R. Baer.

Before PARKS, P.J., ABBOTT and SWINEHART, JJ.


ABBOTT, J.:

This is an appeal from a district court order construing a will to be joint, mutual and contractual. The court found that the will severed the joint tenancy feature of property that had been owned jointly by appellant, Ralph Ciochon, and his deceased wife, Elizabeth Ciochon, prior to its execution, and that upon the death of Elizabeth Ciochon all property passed to the remaindermen named in the will because...

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