Bergman v. Serns

Carol Bergman appeals a final judgment denying her petition to revoke the will of her deceased mother, Beatrice Serns Greenfield. We reverse.

Carol Bergman and David Serns are the children of the late Beatrice Serns Greenfield. In 1981, when Mrs. Greenfield was of advanced years, she was adjudicated incompetent and a guardianship was established. During the course of the guardianship proceeding, Serns alleged that Mrs. Greenfield had in 1975 transferred all of her assets to him. The validity of that inter vivos gift was attacked in the guardianship proceeding, and the trial court found that…