Riddell v. Edwards

OPINION

BRYNER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

After Lillie M. Rahm-Riddell passed away in September 1997, her brother, Irvin H. Edwards, and her husband, Robert J. Rid-dell, filed competing requests to probate wills that Lillie had executed in 1992 and 1997. The 1992 will left most of Lillie's estate to Edwards; the 1997 will left almost everything to Riddell. After a bench trial, Superi- or Court Judge Larry R. Weeks declared the 1997 will invalid, concluding that Lillie was incompetent when she executed it and that she acted under Riddell's undue influence. Finding that the 1992 will was valid,…