In Re the Purported Will of Shepherd

STEPHENS, Judge.

Factual Background and Procedural History

This appeal arises from a caveat proceeding challenging the will of Ruby Shaw Shepherd (“Decedent”). Decedent died on 21 February 2010 in Fort Myers, Florida. At the time of her death, Decedent was a resident of Union County, North Carolina. Decedent is survived by her husband of nearly thirty years, Caveator James A. Shepherd, and four children from a previous marriage, including Propounder Angela Caroline Jeffers Bullock.

On 7 April 2010, Propounder filed in the Union County Superior Court clerk’s office an application for probate and…