Baker v. Wood, Ris & Hames, Professional Corp.

deliver ed the Opinion of the Court. '

{1 This case principally requires us to decide whether dissatisfied beneficiaries of a testator's estate have standing to bring legal malpractice or contract claims against the attorney who drafted the testator's estate planning documents. 1 Specifically, petitioners Merridy Kay Baker and Sue Carol Kun-da seek to bring malpractice and contract claims against respondents Wood, Ris & Hames, Professional Corporation, Donald L. Cook, and Barbara L. Brundin (collectively, the Attorneys), who were the attorneys retained by their father, Floyd Baker, to prepare…