Succession of Merrick

DAVID S. GORBATY, Judge.

| Appellants are the adult children of Joseph W. Merrick, Sr. They appeal a judgment denying their motion to annul their father’s will, by which he bequeathed fifty percent of his estate to a long-time friend, Johnnie Fisher, appellee. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY:

Joseph W. Merrick, Sr., died on April 8, 2001, at the age of 92. Prior to his death, he executed a last will and testament on December 26, 2000. In that will, he left fifty percent of his estate to his friend, Johnnie Fisher, and the remainder to his wife, Alice. He named…