In Re the Last Will & Testament of Hall

Connor, Judge:

In this probate matter, Sarah Hall Hayes and her children appeal a circuit court order affirming the probate court’s (1) characterizing the remainder interest Hayes’ children received under the will of her mother, Mary Lightsey Hall, as contingent, and (2) declaring Hayes’ attempt to disclaim her interest in the devised estate invalid. We affirm.

Mary Lightsey Hall (the Testatrix) died testate April 4, 1992. Her children, Mary Hall McCallum, Wilton E. Hall, Jr., Perry D. Hall, and Sarah Hall Hayes, survived her. Item III of the Testatrix’s will provides as follows:

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