Legal Opinion
Morrison v. Morrison
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 7, 2008No. S08A0328PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARLEY, Justice.
William Lee Morrison, Jr. (Decedent) gave his son, Appellee Ralph Morrison, a power of attorney in 1986 and executed wills in 1988, 1995, and 1998. In 2003, Decedent made notes of potential changes on a copy of the 1998 will and, two weeks before he died in June 2004, mailed them to an attorney. While Decedent was incapacitated prior to his death, Appellee discovered a copy of those notes along with a handwritten message addressed to him, which stated, “If anything happens to me before I am able to write my new will, please see and abide by the changes I have inked in on this…
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