In Re the Guardianship & Conservatorship of Ursula Lanning
South Dakota Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERTSON, Justice.
[¶ 1.] The Cathey children appeal from an order denying the petition of their mother, Ursula Lanning, to make a new will and to amend her existing trust, and finding lack of testamentary capacity and undue influence. We affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
[¶ 2.] Ursula Lanning had 12 children from two marriages. Ten children were born of her first marriage to John Cathey, but one child predeceased her. She has two children from her current marriage to Edward Lan-ning. Mrs. Lanning did not raise the youngest Cathey children. The older Cathey children petitioned for custody and raised…
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