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DENNIS STEVEN PAYNE v. ESTATE OF WILMUTH V. GROVES ET AL.

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Sep 6, 2024

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Laurence M. McMillan, John Wallace Crow, II, and John F. Kelly, Clarksville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Leslie Jane Betland.

Attorneys 2: Travis Nathaniel Meeks, Clarksville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Aubree Hinton.

Attorneys 3: B. Nathan Hunt, Clarksville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Dennis Steven Payne.

Judge(s): BENNETT

In this probate matter, the plaintiff filed a petition to establish a lost will, submitting for admission to probate a copy of a handwritten document alleged to be the decedent’s holographic will. The trial court determined that the handwritten document met the requirements for a holographic will and that the plaintiff overcame the presumption of revocation afforded to a lost will. The decedent’s intestate heirs appealed. We affirm the decision of the trial court.

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