Legal Opinion

Estate of Weeks

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided July 11, 1983PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Per curiam

Judith A. Billington appeals from a judgment entered on September 3, 1982, in the Waldo County Probate Court, ordering that the marital bequest under her father’s will be computed in accordance with the federal estate tax laws in effect on the date of the testator’s death. Billington is a devisee under the will, a contingent beneficiary of a testamentary trust established by the will, the testator’s daughter by a prior marriage, and his only child. We affirm the judgment of the Probate Court.

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Willis J. Weeks (the “testator” or the “decedent”) executed his will on June 23, 1975. The first…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Fiduciary Trust Co. v. BrownSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1957
  2. Union Planters National Bank of Memphis v. InmanCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1979
  3. Cook v. StevensSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1926
  4. Leonard v. StantonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1944
  5. Reynolds v. RussellCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1981

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Douglas v. NewellWyoming Supreme Court · 1986
  2. Pyne v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1986
  3. Estate of CaldenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1998
  4. Estate of UlricksonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1997
  5. Douglas v. NewellWyoming Supreme Court · 1986

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