WOLFE v. WOLFE

Record No. 931170.

448 S.E.2d 408 (1994)

Kristin Kathleen WOLFE v. Brenda WOLFE, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 16, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Becky J. Moore, Alexandria (Land, Clark, Carroll & Mendelson, on brief), for appellant.

Philip L. Kellogg, Vienna (Edwin A. Williams, Kellogg, Williams & Lyons, on brief), for appellee Brenda Lynne Wolfe.

No brief or argument for appellee Alison Marcela Wolfe.

Present: All the Justices.


LACY, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether a letter written by a testator to his executor reflects the requisite testamentary intent to qualify as a valid codicil to his will.

In 1982, Jared D. Wolfe executed a will disposing of his property. Ten years later, on April 29, 1992, he wrote a letter in which he stated "I want my daughters to share 1/3, 1/3, 1/3." On May 14, 1992, Jared committed suicide. Kathleen...

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