In Re Estate of Schlenker

Imogene Rodgers filed a petition challenging the will of Levi E. Schlenker in the circuit court of Union County, Illinois. The executor filed a motion to dismiss the petition, claiming that Imogene was not an “interested person” and lacked standing to contest the will. The circuit court granted the motion and Imogene appealed.

Levi E. Schlenker (the testator) died on July 16, 2001. He was survived by two adult children, Troy Schlenker and Imogene Rodgers, and two grandchildren of a deceased son. The testator allegedly executed four wills within the decade prior to his death. The wills are…