Groh v. Ballard

SPINDEN, Presiding Judge.

Shirley Groh appeals the circuit court’s judgment denying her motion to reform a beneficiary deed transferring a portion of her brother’s property to her after his death. She contends that during the preparation of two beneficiary deeds — one conveying property to her and the other conveying property to her brother’s son — the legal descriptions of the two properties were mistakenly switched so that her nephew received property intended for her. We affirm the circuit court’s judgment.

Richard Ballard, Groh’s brother, owned several tracts in Independence. In February…