In re Estate of Parsons

BY JUDGE RANDALL G. JOHNSON

This is a suit for aid and direction. At issue is the proper distribution of property under the will and codicils of Cynthia Diane Parsons. Specifically, the court must decide whether three charities and an individual, all named as beneficiaries under the will, continue to be beneficiaries after application of the codicils. For the reasons that follow, the court holds that they do.

Parsons died on November 3,2003. Five writings have been admitted to probate: a typed will dated June 22,1994; a holographic codicil dated June 25, 1994 (“ Codicil 1” ); aholographic…