Legal Opinion

Lomax v. Raythwick

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 17, 1981No. 80-1360PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

The order under review denying appellant’s petition for revocation of probate, which asserted that his father’s will was *287procured by undue influence,1 is affirmed upon a holding that even if, arguendo, Laura Raythwick, the decedent’s sister and a person active in procuring the contested will, be deemed to have occupied a confidential relationship with the decedent and, by virtue of a devise in her favor of a one-sixth share of her brother’s estate, be deemed to be a substantial beneficiary, thereby raising a presumption of undue influence, there is ample evidence to…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In Re Estate of CarpenterSupreme Court of Florida · 1971

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Division of Administration, State, Department of Transportation v. California Florida Corp.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981

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