MAY, J.
A purported beneficiary of an estate appeals an order that dismissed with prejudice a petition for disbursement of funds from the estate. We agree with the probate court that the May 22, 1999 letter did not constitute a sufficient writing to bequeath monies. However, because the purported beneficiary raised a potentially credible issue that the writing constituted a codicil in his timely motion for rehearing, we reverse and remand.
The testator executed...
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