ESTATE OF BURDETTE

No. B120032.

97 Cal.Rptr.2d 263 (2000)

81 Cal.App.4th 938

ESTATE OF Robert Starr BURDETTE, Deceased. Gloria Grace Burdette II, Petitioner and Respondent, v. William L. Burdette et al. Contestants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

June 22, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oldman, Cooley & Leighton, Susan J. Cooley and Walter M. Leighton, Encino, for Contestants and Appellants.

Esner & Chang, Stuart B. Esner, Los Angeles, and Andrew N. Chang, San Francisco, for Contestants and Appellants.

Ralph V. Palmieri, Los Angeles, for Petitioner and Respondent.

Bryan Cave LLP and John W. Amberg, Los Angeles, for Petitioner and Respondent.


CROSKEY, Acting P.J.

Appellants, William L. Burdette, Mary M. Vincent and Patrice R. Robinson appeal from an order admitting to probate the will of decedent dated September 25, 1993 (the "1993 Will") which had been filed by Gloria Grace Burdette, II (hereinafter, "petitioner"). Appellants argued that (1) the 1993 will was not duly executed, (2) the decedent lacked testamentary capacity, and (3) the decedent executed the will as the result of undue influence. It was...

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