Jarvis v. Jarvis

Davis, J.:

Lucille W. Jarvis, the surviving spouse of Melvin L. Jarvis, brought this action against Melvin’s four adult children by a previous marriage to set aside his inter vivos revocable trust and pour-over will so that she might elect to take her statutory share of his estate. The adult children claim that the court erred by allowing the jury to consider the question of the validity of the trust since, according to their contention, this is a legal question. They further claim that Lucille Jarvis is estopped by her course of conduct from asserting the defense of nonconsent. By answer to…