Reynolds v. Reynolds

OPINION

LAMBERT, Judge:

Charles Reynolds appeals from a summary judgment declaring that an option to purchase real property given to a named beneficiary who predeceased the testator passed to the surviving optionees, rather than to the estate residue. After careful review, we affirm.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment determining the rights of beneficiaries under the will of Alice Reynolds Brock (Alice), who died in June 2012. Appellant Charles Reynolds (Charles) is Alice’s brother and is a beneficiary under the will. Appellee Russell Reynolds (Russell) is another beneficiary under…