Delbello v. Bilyeu

Thompson, Justice.

This case is on appeal from a ruling on a petition for declaratory judgment brought in the Probate Court of Fulton County, seeking a construction of certain provisions of the last will and testament of Robert A. Delbello. For the reasons which follow, we affirm.

Three beneficiaries are named in the will: Appellants Thomas Michael Delbello and Julia Barksdale, who are the brother and mother of the testator; and Dexter Varnum who was the domestic partner and eventual caretaker of the testator, and the original appellee to this action.

After the will was probated, the executor of…