In Re the Estate of Bendtsen

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice FITZGERALD.

Mary Ellen Logan Bendtsen died on March 2, 2005. This appeal grows out of conflicting claims concerning the right to administer her estate. We affirm the trial court’s orders challenged by appellant Dixie L. Tidwell concerning that administration.

In October 2002, Bendtsen executed a will that named her only child, Frances Giron, as executrix and sole beneficiary of her estate (the “2002 Will”). On February 22, 2005, Bendtsen suffered a stroke and was admitted to the hospital. Between those dates — October 2002 and February 2005 — Bendtsen became estranged…