IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SHARIS

No. 12-P-693.

83 Mass. App. Ct. 839 (2013)

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ALICE R. SHARIS.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 28, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan D. Plaut for Richard Spinelli.

Andrew G. Bunnell for Florence Cavallaro.

Present: VUONO, RUBIN, & SULLIVAN, JJ.


SULLIVAN, J.

Richard Spinelli appeals from a decision of a judge of the Probate and Family Court disallowing the will of his grandmother, Alice R. Sharis (Alice),1 on the grounds of lack of testamentary capacity and Spinelli's undue influence. We discern no error in the judge's conclusions that Spinelli was a fiduciary, and that the will was the product of undue influence. Accordingly...

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