Succession of Meaux

KING, Judge.

The issue presented on appeal is whether or not an adoption made by the testator after the execution of his will nullifies the will.

Wilton Meaux (hereinafter Meaux) died testate on January 21, 1986. He executed a will in statutory form on February 19, 1973. On April 12, 1983, he and his wife, Maude Guidry Meaux, adopted their grandson, Paul Randy Breaux, by notarial act. The validity of the will was challenged by Meaux’s daughter, Lillian Lee (hereinafter Lillian). The trial court, after a hearing, held that the will was not revoked by Meaux’s adoption of a child after he made his…