Britain v. Britain (In re Estate of Britain)

KAUTZ, Justice.

[¶ 1] Appellant Robert Oscar Britain is the personal representative of his mother, Patricia Ann Britain's, estate. He filed a declaratory judgment claim challenging a codicil to Patricia's will on the grounds she did not have the capacity to execute the will codicil and his sister, Appellee Kelly L. Britain, exerted undue influence over her.1

[¶ 2] The district court dismissed Personal Representative Robert's claim, concluding that his challenges to the codicil could not be brought through a declaratory judgment action. We affirm.

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[¶ 3] The dispositive issue in this case is:

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