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SUCCESSION OF WADE

20-589.

326 So.3d 306 (2021)

SUCCESSION OF Cladie J. WADE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

July 21, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Sherburne Sentell, Jr. , 111 North Monroe Street, Post Office Box 875, Minden, Louisiana 71058-0875, (318) 377-0123, COUNSEL FOR: Alma Rea Wade.

Lewis O. Lauve, Jr. , Bussey & Lauve, LLC, 3112 Jackson Street, Alexandria, Louisiana 71301, (318) 449-1937, COUNSEL FOR: Carl Wade, individually and as Administrator for the Estate of Cladie J. Wade.

Court composed of John D. Saunders, John E. Conery, D. Kent Savoie, Candyce G. Perret, and Jonathan W. Perry, Judges.

This appeal weighs a statutory will's conditional legacies. The trial court ruled the conditional legacies were valid and enforceable. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse, finding the conditional legacies violate public policy.

FACTS

Cladie J. Wade (Cladie) died testate on May 8, 2011, while domiciled in Rapides...

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