IN RE SUCCESSION OF CARLTON

No. CA 09-1339.

34 So.3d 1015 (2010)

SUCCESSION OF Donnie DeWayne CARLTON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 7, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Overton Wells, Attorney at Law, Alexandria, LA, for Appellee, Monica Player.

Gwenda Renee' Linzay Lamb, Attorney at Law, Alexandria, LA, for Appellants, Melba Stuckey Phillips, Ellen Fay Wise.

Court composed of MARC T. AMY, ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, and SHANNON J. GREMILLION, Judges.


GREMILLION, Judge.

The appellants, Melba Stuckey Philips and Ellen Faye Wise (the Aunts), appeal the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Monica Player, finding her brother, Donnie DeWayne Carlton's, testament a nullity. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Donnie DeWayne Carlton was killed in a car accident in September 2008, leaving behind a one-page notarial testament dated June 14, 2008. In July...

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