Bradley v. Bradley

Pope, Chief Judge.

The sole issue on appeal is what effect, if any, the slayer statute, OCGA § 53-4-6, should have on a bequest to the slayer under a valid will when the testator/victim has provided for alternative beneficiaries to take the slayer’s portion of the estate in the event the slayer predeceases the testator.

The facts pertinent to this appeal are not disputed by the parties. On or about February 16, 1992, Howard Quinton Bradley was killed by his son, defendant Benjamin Lee Bradley. He died testate. At the time of his death, the deceased had only one other lineal descendent, another…