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SUCCESSION OF VOORHIES v. VOORHIES

No. 03-163.

853 So.2d 655 (2003)

SUCCESSION OF Marcel J. VOORHIES, Jr., Helen Voorhies, Individually as Widow of Marcel J. Voorhies, Jr. v. Stephen VOORHIES, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 17, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward B. Benjamin, Jr., Edward D. Wegmann, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, Succession of Marcel J. Voorhies, Jr., Helen E. Voorhies.

Harry J. Philips, Jr., Mary L. Dougherty, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendants/Appellees, Stephen Voorhies, Sherrie Voorhies, Golden David Voorhies, Deborah Voorhies Morrison.

Court composed of BILLIE COLOMBARO WOODARD, JIMMIE C. PETERS, and MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, Judges.

SULLIVAN, Judge.

Helen Voorhies, individually and as trustee of The Voorhies Family Living Trust (The Trust), appeals the trial court's determination that, pursuant to Louisiana law, The Trust is invalid as to form and cannot inherit immovable property situated in Louisiana. For the following reasons, we reverse.

Facts

The facts are not disputed. During his lifetime, Marcel J. Voorhies, Jr. inherited an interest in immovable property situated...

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