Morse v. Alley

HAYES, Chief Judge:

This is an appeal from a ruling of the Jessamine Circuit Court which determined that the last will and testament of Edith Staton, deceased, could not be admitted to probate because it was revoked by her divorce which was granted subsequent to the date of execution of the tendered document.

On September 19, 1980, the appellant, Joyce Alley Morse, tendered to the Jessamine District Court a document which was the last will and testament of Edith Staton, deceased. Edith Staton executed the document on March 9, 1967, at which time she was married to Omar Staton, Sr., father of…