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IN RE ESTATE OF WOODROFFE

No. 05-0135.

742 N.W.2d 94 (2007)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Glenn W. WOODROFFE, Deceased. Randolph W. Woodroffe and Janice M. Woodroffe, Appellants, v. The Estate of Glenn W. Woodroffe, Elda H. Woodroffe, Jeanne A. Woodroffe, Reginald Woodroffe, Kerwin Woodroffe, and Anita L. Erickson, Appellees. The Estate of Glenn W. Woodroffe and Randolph Woodroffe, a/k/a Randy Woodroffe, Appellants, v. Kerwin Woodroffe, Anita Erickson, and The Unborn or Adopted Children of Glenn W. Woodroffe, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 7, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Hatala of Crawford, Sullivan, Read & Roemerman, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellants.

William H. Napier of Napier, Wolf & Napier, Fort Madison, for appellee Elda H. Woodroffe.

John H. Smith of Smith, Kultala & Boddicker, LLP, Keokuk, for appellee Kerwin Woodroffe.

M. Carl McMurray, Keokuk, for appellee Estate of Glenn W. Woodroffe.

HECHT, Justice.

This case presents a saga covering three generations of the Woodroffe family. The family created a profitable sawmill business due in large part to the industry and hard work of Glenn Woodroffe. After about thirty years in the business, Glenn attempted during his lifetime to ensure the continuation of the family enterprise beyond his lifetime. By the time of his death in 2002, however, Glenn had failed to establish business and testamentary arrangements...

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