In the Matter of the Estate of Beauregard

Steven D. Knight appeals from a decree of the Probate and Family Court dismissing his petition for probate of the will of Marc R. Beauregard (decedent). The decedent died at the age of forty years, unmarried and childless, leaving his parents as his sole heirs and next of kin. After his death on July 19, 2003, a judge in the Probate and Family Court appointed Raymond L. Beauregard (Beauregard), the decedent’s father, as administrator of his estate. Subsequently Knight, who had the same residential address as the decedent, filed a petition for probate of a “copy of a will.” He contended that a…