In Re the Estate of Bolinder

GERNON, J.:

This is a will contest in which John D. Bolinder appeals the trial court’s ruling which denied admission of Herbert A. Bolinder’s will to probate.

Herbert was a 90-year-old man with no children, who lived by himself in Alta Vista. Herbert’s nephew, John D. Bolinder, and John’s wife, llene, helped Herbert with his day-to-day necessities and wants. Herbert died on January 20, 1992. The events of Herbert’s last six months are the basis of the challenge to the probate of Herbert’s will and, eventually, this appeal.

Herbert was admitted to the VA hospital on August 27, 1991, for an…