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SUCCESSION OF LAVIOLETTE

No. 97-885.

704 So.2d 339 (1997)

SUCCESSION OF Eliza LAVIOLETTE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 10, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger C. Sellers, Abbeville, for Royce Duhon.

Barry Sallinger, Lafayette, for Hazel Doucet and Wayne Vidrine.

Before DECUIR, PETERS and GREMILLION, JJ.

DECUIR, Judge.

This is an appeal from a trial court's denial of a petition for declaratory judgment. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in finding that the filing of a Request for Notice of Application for Appointment as Administrator did not constitute the "judicial opening" of the succession.

FACTS

Eliza Laviolette, widow of Rene Doucet, made a French Will on October 4, 1990. The will was recorded on October 5, 1990, in the...

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