Matter of Estate of Shaw

BOX, Judge:

An appeal by the collateral heirs of Glenn C. Shaw, deceased, from an order directing the distribution of the residue of Shaw’s estate to a charitable foundation pursuant to the provisions of Shaw’s will.

Glenn C. Shaw died on March 17, 1975. A duplicate executed copy of his last will and testament, dated August 10, 1972, was admitted to probate pursuant to a decision of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. In re Estate of Glenn Shaw, 572 P.2d 229.

The will provided that after the payment of all the debts, expenses of the last illness, and the costs of estate administration the residue of the…