Cioeta v. Estate of Linet

Anthony Cioeta appeals an order admitting a will and first codicil to probate and appointing personal representatives in the Estate of Jerome Linet. We reverse, because the decedent’s attempted partial revocation of the first codicil is invalid, thus requiring probate of the unaltered first codicil.

On January 6, 1989, Jerome Linet executed his Last Will and Testament. He appointed Louis Claps, Maurice Lopatin, and appellant as co-personal representatives. On December 29, 1992, Mr. Linet executed a first codicil to his will, re-appointing Claps, Lopatin, and appellant, and adding Chase…