Baker v. Baker

LINDSAY, Judge.

Plaintiff, Richard C. Baker, appeals the declaratory judgment of the trial court in favor of the defendant, Claude M. Baker, Jr., finding that a codicil to the will of the decedent, Pearl Baker, did not revoke the Pearl Baker Trust. We affirm.

FACTS

Pearl Baker was first married to L.E. Hart. No children were born of the marriage, but Mr. Hart had two sons from a previous marriage, Leon C. and Henry K. Hart. After Mr. Hart’s death, Pearl Baker married Dr. Claude M. Baker. No children were born of the marriage, but Dr. Baker had two sons from a previous marriage, Claude M. Baker,…