IN RE ESTATE OF PERRY

No. 11-079.

39 A.3d 1060 (2012)

2012 VT 9

In re Appeal of the ESTATE OF Farwell W. PERRY, Late of Wallingford, Vermont.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

January 31, 2012.


ENTRY ORDER

¶ 1. Probate law generally treats a will and all valid codicils thereto as a single testamentary instrument. This case presents a purported agreement to bifurcate the allowance of a will from the future allowance of a codicil, and a probate court order that does not reflect such an agreement. The superior court found that the purported agreement controls, notwithstanding the probate court order to the contrary. We reverse.

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