Rood v. Newberg

Dora Shaffer died on September 25, 1994, leaving a will in which she named her son, Shea Rood (Rood), and her daughter, Estelle Newberg (Estelle), as coexecutors. On November 7, 1994, Estelle petitioned the Probate Court for the allowance of the will. Rood did not join in the petition. Instead, he filed an affidavit of objections to the allowance of the will, claiming that Michael Newberg (Newberg), Estelle’s son and Shaffer’s grandson, had used undue influence with respect to the will and that the will was invalid for lack of testamentary capacity (the estate action). Rood also brought a…