SUCCESSION OF ALTAZAN

No. 96 CA 0409.

682 So.2d 1320 (1996)

In the Matter of the SUCCESSION OF Mabel Rebelle ALTAZAN.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 8, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Dawson, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Appellee—Ralph L. Altazan.

William G. Davis, Baton Rouge, for Appellant—Shirley R. Knighton.

Before WHIPPLE, PITCHER and FITZSIMMONS, JJ.


FITZSIMMONS, Judge.

The issue is whether the testator's husband presented sufficient proof to rebut the legal presumption that the testator had revoked the will. We affirm the trial court's finding that the testator's husband met his burden of proof and rebutted the presumption.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The decedent, Mabel Rebelle Altazan, made a will in statutory form before a notary public on April 3, 1989. Mrs. Altazan left her share of...

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