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IN RE ESTATE OF LEWIS

770 A.2d 619 (2001)

2001 ME 74

ESTATE OF Minnie LEWIS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: May 4, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Hallett, Esq., (orally), Portland, for appellant.

Jerrol A. Crouter, Esq., John S. Kaminski, Esq., Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon, Jonathan S. Piper, Esq., Alfred C. Frawley, Esq., Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau, Pachios & Haley, LLC, Portland, for appellees.

Panel: WATHEN, C.J., and RUDMAN, DANA, SAUFLEY, ALEXANDER, and CALKINS, JJ.

WATHEN, C.J.

[¶ 1] Lawrence Lewis appeals from the judgment of the Cumberland County Probate Court (Childs, J.) denying his claim of undue influence in connection with the will of his mother, Minnie Lewis. He argues that the Probate Court erred in failing to apply a presumption of undue influence; in applying a clear and convincing standard of proof; and in failing to strike an "anti-harassment" clause from the...

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