Legal Opinion
Succession of Voorhies v. Voorhies
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided July 16, 2003No. 03-163PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
L SULLIVAN, Judge.
Helen Voorhies, individually and as trustee of The Voorhies Family Living Trust (The Trust), appeals the trial court’s determination that, pursuant to Louisiana law, The Trust is invalid as to form and cannot inherit immovable property situated in Louisiana. For the following reasons, we reverse.
Facts
The facts are not disputed. During his lifetime, Marcel J. Voorhies, Jr. inherited an interest in immovable property situated in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. He was married twice. He had four children with his first wife who died in 1986. In 1991, he married Helen, who had two…
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