Legal Opinion

Succession of Breeland

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided April 15, 1980No. 10891Published

1Opinion of the Court

SCHOTT, Judge.

Kathie Breeland Rickert has appealed from a judgment recognizing her mother, Vera Chastant Breeland, as the sole heir of the latter’s husband, Hollis Breeland. The issues are whether an act of renunciation by appellant was valid and if so whether a purported revocation of her renunciation was effective so that appellant is entitled to be placed into possession of a portion of the succession.

Decedent, Hollis Breeland, was married only once and then to Mrs. Vera Chastant Breeland. Of the marriage only two children were born, Kathie Breeland Rickert, appellant herein, and Darlene…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Barnsdall Oil Co. v. ApplegateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
  2. Bradley v. Union Nat. Life Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1978
  3. Paline v. HeromanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1946

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