In re Succession of Naquin

The appellant, Wilfred James Naquin, appeals the judgment of possession of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court in the Succession of Wilfred Joseph Naquin, Jr. For the following reasons, we reverse the judgment and remand to the district court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The decedent, Wilfred Joseph Naquin, Jr., died testate on May 17, 2015. In his last will and testament, he named his two children, Wilfred James Naquin and Elizabeth Naquin, as the sole universal legatees and the independent co-executors of the entire estate.1 Wilfred and…