Covell v. Covell

CHEZEM, Judge.

Statement of the Case

Appellants, Jack and James Covell, appeal from the trial court's judgment which found that Appellee, Erma D.E. Covell, was competent to elect against her deceased husband's Will. We affirm.

Issue

Did the trial court err by allowing a mentally competent wife for whom a con-servatorship has been established due to blindness, to elect against her husband's Will by either filing a timely personal election or by filing a timely election made by her conservator pursuant to a court order?

Facts

On April 26, 1986, Harry M. Covell died, survived by his wife of…