IN RE ESTATE OF BENNETT

No. 68,912

19 Kan. App. 2d 154 (1993)

865 P.2d 1062

In the Matter of the Estate of LUCILLE S. BENNETT.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander B. Mitchell II, David D. Broomfield, and Mark J. Lazzo, of Klenda, Mitchell, Austerman & Zuercher, of Wichita, for appellants Leonard Lebow and Shirley Lebow Hellman.

Stephen L. Griffith, of Stoel, Rives, Boley, Jones & Grey, of Portland, Oregon, and J. Michael Kennalley, of Hershberger, Patterson, Jones & Roth, L.C., of Wichita, for appellants Wendy and Heather Lebow.

Thomas D. Kitch and Lyndon W. Vix, of Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C., of Wichita, for appellee Leonard Ropfogel.

Jefferey L. Carmichael and Dennis M. Feeney, of Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy, Chartered, of Wichita, for appellees Sonya Ropfogel, Phillip Weingarden, Paul Weingarden, and Robert Weingarden.

Before LEWIS, P.J., GREEN, J., and DAVID L. THOMPSON, District Judge, assigned.


LEWIS, J.:

The contestants of the last will and testament of Lucille S. Bennett, deceased, appeal from the decision of the trial court admitting her will to probate.

The trial in this matter was lengthy, complex, and well conducted by all parties. The estate has a value in excess of $50 million.

Lucille and Henry Bennett were married in 1943. The marriage was the first and last for each and was childless. Lucille had two sisters and two brothers, all...

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