In Estate of Wynn, William Reese Wynn, Sr. died in 2021, leaving a will from 2003 that primarily benefited his wife Susan. No. 10-23-00187-CV, 2025 Tex. App. LEXIS 9682 (Tex. App.—Waco December 18, 2025, no pet. history). The will included $25,000 bequests to each of his two children from a
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Court Reversed Order Setting Aside The Probating Of A Will Where The Evidence Was Insufficient To Support The Order
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In In re Estate of Johnson, an administrator and a third party appealed the trial court’s judgment setting aside the probate of the decedent’s will, removing the administrator, and voiding the sale of an estate asset to the third party. No. 05-23-00087-CV, 2024 Tex. App. LEXIS 7635 (Tex. App.—Dallas…
Court Affirms Trial Court’s Order Admitting Will To Probate Over An Allegation Of Forgery
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Posted in Cases Decided, Texas Court of Appeals
In Austin v. Austin, after the decedent passed, his daughters probated an April 2016 will, and his wife then sought to probate a December 2016 will. No. 03-18-00678-CV, 2019 Tex. App. LEXIS 8255 (Tex. App.—Austin September 12, 2019, no pet. history). The daughters alleged that the December 2016 will…