Legal Opinion

In re Succession of Spitzfaden

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided February 21, 2013No. 12-CA-895PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERT A. CHAISSON, Judge.

| gThis is an appeal in a succession proceeding by a legatee who disputes the executor’s interim accounting. We grant the executor’s motion to dismiss the appeal, and remand the matter for further proceedings.

Charles John Spitzfaden, III died on September 25, 2007, survived by his wife, Dee Hunter Spitzfaden. The decedent had made several wills in the months before his death. On October 9, 2007, John A. Stassi, III, filed a petition to probate a will dated August 2, 2007. That will appointed Mr. Stassi as independent executor and made bequests to various legatees,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In Re Succession of SpitzfadenLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2009

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Branch v. YoungLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2014
  2. Palmisano v. Nauman-AndersonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2017

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