Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Oliver
Court of Appeals of Kansas
Decided February 21, 1997No. 73,975, 74,669PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gernon, J.:
This is a will contest case. The contestants, Lenard and Charlene Miller, appeal the trial court’s decision to admit the will of Alta E. Oliver into probate.
Oliver died in 1993 at the age of 93, leaving an estate of approximately $400,000. She was survived by a sister and several nieces and nephews.
The Millers were friends with Oliver. From 1978 until her death, Oliver wrote several different wills, leaving the Millers as beneficiaries in each, but in varying degrees.
In 1985, the Millers took Oliver to her attorney, Raymond Stein, and she executed a will which made the Millers the…
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- Klose v. CollinsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1933
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