IN RE ESTATE OF DEONESEUS

No. 62708-8.

128 Wn.2d 317 (1995)

906 P.2d 922

In the Matter of the Estate of RICHARD JOSEPH DEONESEUS. JEAN DEONESEUS GIER, Petitioner, v. C. JOANNE DEONESEUS, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

December 7, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pibel & Marston, by E. Douglas Pibel, Jr., for petitioner.

Riach, Gese, Seather & Watts, by Vernon J. Seather and Michael P. Jacobs, for respondent.


GUY, J.

On January 17, 1991, Richard Joseph Deoneseus, a widower (hereafter testator), executed a will leaving his entire estate to his adult daughter, Jean Deoneseus Gier (hereafter daughter), and also named his daughter as the "executor." He named Jo Anne Thompson (later Deoneseus) as the alternate "executor" in the event his daughter declined, failed or was unable to act as the executor. The will makes no other mention of Ms. Thompson. On June 1, 1991, the testator...

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