Legal Opinion

Estate of Record

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided December 31, 1987PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLIFFORD, Justice.

Clifford Dow, the proponent of the last will and testament of the decedent, Herbert Alton Record, Jr., appeals from a judgment of the Oxford County Probate Court denying formal probate of Record’s will and granting Glendon Richard’s 1 petition for a formal adjudication of intestacy. Dow contends that the Probate Court’s findings that the decedent lacked testamentary capacity and that the will was the product of undue influence were clearly erroneous. Dow further argues that the Probate Court committed reversible error by adopting verbatim the appellee’s proposed findings of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Harmon v. EmersonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  2. In Re Sabrina M.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
  3. MitchellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1934
  4. In Re Waning's AppealSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1955
  5. Estate of MitchellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982

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3Cited by10 opinions

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  3. Estate of Ruth E. O'Brien-HamelSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2014
  4. Estate of DodgeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1990
  5. Russo v. MillerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1989

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