Estate of Parks v. Hodge

Harper, Judge.

Appellant, Jessie Jones, the Executor of the Estate of Jake Parks, appeals from the judgment of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, Probate Division. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse and remand.

I

Jake Parks and his wife, Clara Parks, executed identical last will and testaments leaving their entire estates to each other. In their respective wills, they made specific bequests to the same individuals if they did not survive each other.

Jake Parks died on August 10,1983. Clara Parks predeceased him on May 24, 1983. The record shows that they had no children. Both…