Estate of Winans

Opinion

MARGULIES, J.

In 2005 and 2006, Eugene Winans (Winans) executed wills excluding his half brother and leaving most or all of his property to appellants, Winans’s nieces and nephews by a different brother. Barely one month before his death in 2007, using a different attorney, Winans executed a new will that differed considerably by including his half brother, excluding appellants, and leaving substantial property to his care custodian, respondent Elizabeth Timar, and other nonrelatives who were not beneficiaries in the prior wills. Appellants challenged the validity of the new will on the…