IN THE MATTER OF SUCCESSION OF BRANTLEY

No. 99 CA 2422.

789 So.2d 1 (2000)

In the Matter of the SUCCESSION OF Lubertha D. BRANTLEY

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 29, 2000.

Writ Denied March 30, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey J. Messina, Todd A. Rossi, Jennifer J. Thomas, Baton Rouge, for Appellees Ruth B. Lloyd, Burnett Dyer, Lillian M. Birkett, Jacqueline D. Phelps, J.M. Dyer, Jean Dyer Patin, Lillian Patricia Potter, Carole Dyer Lewis-Grey, and Ericka P. McDaniel.

A.P. Manint, Lorna M. Brasseaux, Baton Rouge, for Appellant Ardelia S. Clark.

Before: WHIPPLE, FOGG and BAGNERIS, JJ.


BAGNERIS, Judge.

In this will contest, Ardelia S. Clark, niece of the decedent/testator, appeals from a judgment declaring null and void a statutory will. The trial court found that the testator, Lubertha D. Brantley, lacked the required testamentary capacity to confect a will at the time the will was confected. We affirm.

BACKGROUND FACTS

In 1987, Lubertha D. Brantley, an octogenarian, suffered a stroke. On or about February 10,1987, a petition...

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