ESTATE OF LILES

No. 80-649.

435 A.2d 379 (1981)

ESTATE OF Roscoe H. LILES. Lester J. RICHARDS, et al., Appellants, v. Mary F. LILES, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 27, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Scull, Chevy Chase, Md., for appellants.

Florence R. King, Washington, D.C., for appellees.

Before KELLY, MACK and PRYOR, Associate Judges.


KELLY, Associate Judge:

This contest over the estate of Roscoe Liles presents the question of the effect divorce has upon a will executed during marriage which devises all property to the testator's former spouse. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of appellee, the former wife, and ordered the challenged will admitted to probate. We hold that the divorce and accompanying court-ordered division of property revoked by implication the previously executed...

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