In Re Estate of Picillo

DECISION

Appeal from the Warwick Probate Court, No. 2004-471.

Before this Court is an appeal from an order of the Warwick Probate Court admitting to probate the Last Will and Testament of Ann Marie Picillo. This Court is called upon to settle a long legal struggle between Ms. Picillo's caregiver and her longtime friend, the two beneficiaries under her will, and her nieces and nephews who seek to invalidate the will. If this case stands for any proposition, it is that "death ends a life, not a relationship."1

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FACTS AND TRAVEL

The following is a brief outline of the undisputed facts that came to…