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CAFLISCH v. STAUM

No. 99-2635-FT.

235 Wis.2d 210 (2000)

2000 WI App 113

612 N.W.2d 385

IN RE the ESTATE OF Bessie KUHN: Randy S. CAFLISCH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Julie STAUM, Respondent-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided April 25, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the petitioner-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Roy A. Sjoberg of Sjoberg & Tebelius, P.A., Woodbury, Minnesota.

On behalf of the respondent-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of H. Craig Haukaas, Ashland.

On behalf of the Estate of Bessie Kuhn, the cause was submitted on the brief of John P. Anderson of Spears, Carlson, Lindsey & Anderson, Washburn.

Before Cane, C.J., Hoover, P.J., and Peterson, J.

¶ 1. PETERSON, J.

Randy Caflisch appeals the probate court's construction of Bessie Kuhn's will. Kuhn used a standard Wisconsin basic will.1 The will lists four recipients in the section for gifting property. However, although the will contains instructions that a signature is required next to every gift, there is no signature next to the gift for the final recipient, Julie Paskavis (n/k/a Julie Staum). The probate court concluded...

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