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BAKER BOTTS, L.L.P. v. CAILLOUX

No. 04-05-00446-CV.

224 S.W.3d 723 (2007)

BAKER BOTTS, L.L.P. and Wells Fargo Bank Texas, N.A., Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. Kenneth F. CAILLOUX, as Next Friend of Kathleen C. Cailloux, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

February 14, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Gunn, David J. Beck, Jeff M. Golub, Russell S. Post, Eric J.R. Nichols, Beck, Redden & Secrest, L.L.P., Dana G. Kirk, Kirk Law Firm, Houston, Dean V. Fleming, W. Wendell Hall, Michael W. O'Donnell, Stephen J. Romero, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., San Antonio, Ben Taylor, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Dallas, David E. Keltner, The Keltner Law Firm, Fort Worth, WM. Michael Childers, Kerrville, for appellants.

Rick Harrison, Bruce Perkins, Dale Roberts, Fritz, Byrne, Head & Harrison, L.L.P., Randy R. Howry, Herman, Howry & Breen, L.L.P., Austin, Donald P. Dorsey, Donald P. Dorsey Law Office, Richard C. Mosty, C. Dixon Mosty, Mosty Law Firm, P.C., Stephen B. Schulte, Stephen B. Schulte, P.C., Kerrville, Dan Pozza, San Antonio, for appellee.

Randy R. Howry, for William Goertz.

Sitting: ALMA L. LÓPEZ, Chief Justice, CATHERINE STONE, Justice, KAREN ANGELINI, Justice.

OPINION

CATHERINE STONE, Justice.

Floyd and Kathleen Cailloux hired Baker Botts, L.L.P., to devise an estate plan for their multimillion dollar estate. Floyd died before Baker Botts could finish all stages of the Caillouxes' estate plan. Baker Botts designed a revised estate plan for Kathleen immediately following her husband's death. Under the revised plan, Kathleen voluntarily disclaimed her right to her husband's share of the marital estate. As a result...

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