Wood v. Bettis

Appellants are Alberta Wood (Wood), the sister of the decedent, Alfred Cooper (Cooper), and her son and daughter. They filed a petition seeking to revoke the probate of Cooper’s will and codicil, executed in 1986 and 1988, contending that Cooper revoked the will on September 6,1991. The trial court held that Cooper lacked the testamentary capacity to revoke his will. On de novo review, we affirm.

Cooper, who was 88 years old at his death on September 27, 1992, was residing in the West Linn Care Center, where he had been admitted on May 30, 1991. Beginning early in 1991, he had been…