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IN RE SUCCESSION OF CHAMPION

No. 98-1615.

733 So.2d 689 (1999)

SUCCESSION OF Joyce Dove Hearn CHAMPION. Judith Ann Champion Vesper, Executor-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 21, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chris Anthony Verret, Lafayette, for Judith Ann Champion Vesper.

L. Lane Roy, Timothy W. Basden, Lafayette, for Billie Jean Champion Lancaster.

BEFORE: SAUNDERS, WOODARD, and DECUIR, Judges.

WOODARD, Judge.

This is a will contest case. The decedent, Ms. Joyce Dove Hearn Champion, executed a will, leaving specific pecuniary bequests to two of her children and the remainder of her estate to another child, who was also named as the executor. One of her children opened the succession. Ms. Billie Jean Champion Lancaster, who was to receive a pecuniary bequest less than her forced portion, filed an action to recognize her right to her legitime. The executor...

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