Zapalac v. Cain

OPINION

DUGGAN, Justice (Retired).

This is an appeal from a will contest. Appellants, Virginia and Martin Zapalac, appeal from the trial court’s judgment awarding $40,000 in attorney’s fees to Nell Cain, appellee. We affirm.

I

INTRODUCTION

Everett Junior Cain (the decedent) died on or about January 9, 1996, survived by appellee, Nellie Marie Wideman Cain (“Cain”), his wife, and appellant, Jean Virginia Cain Zapalac (“Virginia Zapalac”), his daughter. The decedent left a will that was executed on January 6, 1996 (the “1996 ’will”), about three days before his death, at the home of Virginia Zapalac…