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IN RE ESTATE OF SAMUEL DATTEL

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Jun 12, 2020

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Edward T. Autry and Steven N. Snyder, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellants, Audrey Dattel Belvin, Rosemarie Justus Dattel, and Mark Russell Dattel.

Attorneys 2: John R. Branson, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellee, Lisa Ann Dattel.

Attorneys 3: Timothy R. Johnson and John A. Stevenson, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellee, Andrew R. Dattel.

Attorneys 4: Brenda Dattel Meece, Memphis, Tennessee, pro se.

Judge(s): BENNETT

Decedent died in 2015 and his widow submitted his latest will for probate in March 2016. Children from a prior marriage filed a will contest in August 2016, alleging a will dating from 1984 constituted Decedent’s last will and testament and all later wills were the result of fraud and undue influence. The widow and her children challenged the will contest on various grounds, all of which the probate court rejected. The probate court entered an order directing the court clerk to certify the will submitted to probate in addition to three earlier original wills and a partial codicil to the circuit court for a trial to determine which document(s), if any, constituted Decedent’s last will and testament. We affirm the decision of the probate court.

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