Succession of Pizzo

WILLIAMS, Judge.

Defendant’s four siblings (legatees) filed a petition to have defendant disinherited under LSA-C.C. art. 1621(12) for failure to communicate with the decedent for a period in excess of two years without just cause. The trial court denied the disinherison of defendant, and petitioners filed this devolu-tive appeal. For the reasons stated below, we vacate the judgment of the trial court and remand for further proceedings.

Mrs. Mary Quaglino Pizzo died on July 22, 1988. Her will, dated May 12, 1987, provides in part:

“I am invoking Louisiana C.C. Art. 1621 and am hereby…