Hardie v. Peddy

Opinion

SIMS, J.

In this appeal from a judgment ordering final distribution of the estate of decedent Bruce Alan Jones, appellant Kathy Hardie (the daughter of the decedent’s former wife) contends that, contrary to the trial court’s decision, the decedent intended her to serve as executor and inherit under a residuary clause despite decedent’s divorce from appellant’s mother. We shall affirm the judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 1982, Bruce Alan Jones married appellant’s mother Sharon, who had two daughters from a prior marriage—appellant (then age 21) and Paula Labo (then age 19).

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