Clarkson v. Whitaker

OPINION

SHARPNACK, Chief Judge.

C. Jack Clarkson and Mary Carolyn Kinder Hartman appeal the trial court's judgment in favor of the defendant-appellees, Michael J. Kias as executor of the estate of Lorene Whitaker and Jack D. Frank as trustee of the Lorene Whitaker trust. Appellants raise two issues for review which we restate as follows:

1. whether the trial court properly determined the will did not create an irrevocable contract;

2. whether the trial court properly held the will was void for undue influence and fraud.

We affirm.

The facts most favorable to the trial court's judgment are as…