ESTATE OF TWOHIG

Docket No. A028865.

178 Cal.App.3d 555 (1986)

223 Cal. Rptr. 352

Estate of THOMAS J. TWOHIG, Deceased. RILEY THOMAS TWOHIG, as Executor, etc., Petitioner and Respondent, v. JAMES THOMAS SWEENEY et al., Objectors and Appellants; SALLY WARRINGTON et al., Claimants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

February 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Craig W. Brunet and Thompson & Hubbard for Objectors and Appellants.

Arthur Kaufmann and Steve A. Slatkow for Petitioner and Respondent and for Claimants and Respondents.


OPINION

HANING, J.

Objectors/appellants James Thomas Sweeney and Susan Lorraine Sweeney Jansen appeal an order admitting to probate the unsigned codicil to the will of Thomas J. Twohig. They contend the codicil was neither valid on its face nor integrated with decedent's formal will. We agree and reverse.

Decedent, an attorney, had four children from his first marriage: Riley, Clare, Sarah, and Brian. This marriage ended in...

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