Succession of McEwen

GARRISON, Judge.

On April 18, 1982, Genevieve McEwen died at St. Margaret’s Daughters Nursing Home in Orleans Parish. In an olographic will1, dated March 4, 1977 and written and signed by the decedent, Genevieve McEwen bequeathed her entire estate to her niece, Marion Hartenstein. Mrs. McEwen was preceded in death by her husband and the couple had no children. She was survived only by nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews, all of whom are plaintiffs in *706this lawsuit with the exception of Marion Hartenstein, the defendant.

On May 24, 1982, Mrs. Hartenstein filed a petition in the Civil…