MATTER OF SUCCESSION OF NOVAK

No. 83 CA 0417.

449 So.2d 54 (1984)

In the Matter of the SUCCESSION OF Arthur Francis NOVAK.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis R. Whalen, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellants Katrina Novak, Stephen Novak.

Stephen R. Wilson, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Mary Frances Novak.

Before COVINGTON, COLE and SAVOIE, JJ.


SAVOIE, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Katrina and Stephen Novak, filed a rule to show cause why their mother should not be required to furnish security for a testamentary usufruct granted her. The trial court denied such request. From that judgment, plaintiffs appeal.

On July 27, 1979, Arthur Francis Novak died leaving an olographic will dated August 30, 1978. Therein, he granted to his wife, Mary Frances Novak, the disposable

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