SUCCESSION OF MEAUX

No. 88-1228.

558 So.2d 273 (1990)

SUCCESSION OF Wilton MEAUX.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied June 1, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theall & Fontana, Gary E. Theall, Abbeville, for appellee.

Broussard & Broussard, Marcus Broussard, Abbeville, for appellant.

Before FORET, STOKER and KING, JJ.


KING, Judge.

The issue presented on appeal is whether or not an adoption made by the testator after the execution of his will nullifies the will.

Wilton Meaux (hereinafter Meaux) died testate on January 21, 1986. He executed a will in statutory form on February 19, 1973. On April 12, 1983, he and his wife, Maude Guidry Meaux, adopted their grandson, Paul Randy Breaux, by notarial act. The validity of the will was challenged by Meaux's daughter, Lillian Lee...

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