Fulmer v. Cain

Justice WALLER:

We granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ opinion in Fulmer v. Cain, Op. No.2006-UP-256-256 (S.C. Ct.App. filed May 19, 2006). We reverse.

FACTS

This is a dispute between siblings over the will of their mother, Mary Fulmer, who died on April 29, 2002. The petitioners are Jewel Oxner, one of Mary Fulmer’s children and the Personal Representative of Mary’s estate, and four of Jewel’s five siblings. Respondent is Janette Cain, the remaining sibling. In her 1998 will, Mary bequeathed 10.59 acres of property to Cain; Fulmer’s remaining real estate was to be…