In Re: Estate of J.B. Warren

FARMER, Judge.

Respondent Anita W. Goode LeCornu (Respondent) appeals the trial court’s judgment admitting to probate the will of J.B. Warren, Jr. (Testator). We vacate the trial court’s judgment based upon our conclusion that the court erred in ruling that the Testator did not effectively revoke one of the will’s provisions.

These proceedings began in November 1997, when the Respondent’s brother, Petitioner Paul T. Warren (Executor), sought to probate the will of the parties’ father, the Testator, who had died earlier that month. The Executor subsequently filed a second petition seeking…