Estate of Gladys Tipler

OPINION

HOLLY KIRBY LILLARD, Judge.

This is a will contest. The decedent executed a will, and later executed a holo graphic codicil to the will. The holograph directed that, if her husband predeceased her, her property should be distributed in accordance with his will. The decedent’s husband predeceased her. Enforcement of the holographic codicil was challenged in court by the decedent’s heirs. The trial court applied the doctrine of facts of independent significance and ordered the decedent’s assets be distributed in accordance with her deceased husband’s will. We affirm.

Mrs. Gladys S. Tipler…