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STAPLES v. KING

433 A.2d 407 (1981)

Elizabeth H. STAPLES v. Deanna D. KING et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided August 10, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marden, Dubord, Bernier & Chandler, Alton Stevens (orally), Waterville, for plaintiff.

Burton G. Shiro (orally), Waterville, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and WERNICK, GODFREY, ROBERTS and CARTER, JJ.

GODFREY, Justice.

Plaintiff Elizabeth H. Staples appeals from an order of the Probate Court dismissing her complaint. Mrs. Staples had petitioned the Probate Court to declare void certain revocable inter vivos trusts that her husband, Joseph L. Staples, had created shortly before he died interstate. On appeal Mrs. Staples contends that the Probate Judge erred as a matter of law in concluding that her complaint failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted...

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