In Re Estate of Copp

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Ellen Copp died at the age of 90 on April 14, 1968. The will of Ellen Copp was executed on January 23, 1968. In the will, the residue of her estate was divided in two equal portions, with one portion bequeathed to her foster son, Thomas R. Jones (Executor of her estate) and his wife, Linda Jones, and the other portion to the niece of decedent’s husband, Martha Jones Cann. In the probate proceedings, Martha Gann petitioned for a citation to bring into the estate of Ellen Copp, money that Linda Jones had received from Mrs. Copp as…