In Re Estate of Ferguson

Keith O. Ferguson, executor of the estate of Clark M. Ferguson (Clark’s Estate), timely appeals from an order prohibiting the withdrawal of will renunciation and spousal award waivers executed in favor of the estate of Rowena G. Ferguson (Rowena’s Estate). Clark’s Estate maintains that Clark Ferguson rightfully withdrew his waivers because they were executed under a mistake of fact. Therefore, according to Clark’s Estate, the trial court’s factual findings to the contrary are against the manifest weight of the evidence. We disagree and affirm.

Upon the completion of the briefing schedule,…