Collins v. Collins

The Muskingum County Probate Court issued a declaratory judgment declaring that under her father's will, appellant Wanda Minick received a life estate in an undivided one-half interest in a home located on her parents' farm. She appeals:

"ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR "THE PROBATE COURT ERRED IN RULING THAT THE APPELLANT WAS NOT ENTITLED TO A WHOLE LIFE ESTATE IN THE HOME OR, ALTERNATIVELY, THAT DONALD MINICK WAS NOT REQUIRED TO ELECT UNDER THE DOCTRINE RECOGNIZED IN BEBOUT v. QUICK (1909), 81 O.ST. 196, WHETHER HE WOULD RELINQUISH THE BENEFIT CONFERRED BY THE WILL OR CONFORM HIS ACCEPTANCE OF THE…