Judkins v. Hoover

Jim Hannah, Justice.

Appellants Loretta Judkins and Marilyn Levinson appeal the order of the Pulaski County Circuit Court, Seventeenth Division, which found that Richard Alan Judkins died intestate because his purported will had not been properly executed or witnessed. During a hearing on December 20, 2000, the appellee withdrew her objections to the purported will, and the circuit court orally admitted the will to probate. No written order was ever signed or entered. On August 21, 2001, the circuit court heard additional evidence and held that the decedent died intestate because his will had…