Legal Opinion
In the Estate of Chapman
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided May 27, 2010No. 09-10-00130-CVPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID GAULTNEY, Justice.
Patrick G. Chapman, Jr. and Sheri Ann Chapman Hardin, appellants, filed in the trial court a petition to remove appellee Kelley Lynn Chapman as administrator of the Estate of Patrick Gene Chapman, Sr. Appellants reserved the right to contest the validity of the holographic will. This appeal is from the trial court’s “Order Sustaining Motion In Limine,” signed May 8, 2009. The “motion in limine” challenged appellants’ standing.
A proponent of a will may challenge a contestant’s standing by filing a motion to dismiss the will contest before issue is joined on the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Crowson v. WakehamTexas Supreme Court · 1995
- Unifund CCR Partners v. VillaTexas Supreme Court · 2009
- Bridges v. City of RichardsonTexas Supreme Court · 1962
- Womble v. AtkinsTexas Supreme Court · 1960
- McClendon v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1990
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- in the Estate of Kristin Eileen Viner AKA Kristin E. Viner Fka Kristin E. Winkelman, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2020
- in the Estate of Ronald Craig Burns, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2020