Succession of Blythe

CHEHARDY, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal in a much-litigated succession contest between the decedent’s daughter, born of his first marriage, and his widow, who was his second wife. At issue on this appeal is a judgment rendered on September 16, 1986 that declared the widow to be owner of the entire disposable portion of the decedent’s estate.

Donald F. Blythe died on February 22, 1982, leaving an olographic will dated November 12, 1978, in which he established testamentary trusts for both his widow (Carol Sicard Blythe) and his daughter (Diana Dawson Blythe). The value of his estate exceeded…