Case Title: In re Estate of Cote

Citation: 176 Vt. 293, 2004 VT 17, 848 A.2d 264

Docket Number: 2003-025

State: vermont

Court: Vermont Supreme Court

Date: 2004-02-13T00:00:00Z

Document:
In re Estate of Cote (2003-025); 176 Vt. 293; 848 A.2d 264

2004 VT 17

[Filed 13-Feb-2004]

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                                 2004 VT 17

                                No. 2003-025

  In re Estate of Gerald Thomas Cote	        Supreme Court
  (Teresa Cooper, Appellant)
                                                On Appeal from
       	                                        Franklin Superior Court

                                                October Term, 2003

  Dennis R. Pearson, J.

  Deborah T. Bucknam, St. Johnsbury, for Appellant.

  Janet L. Franklin of Law Office of David H. Perrin, Fairfax, for Appellee.

  PRESENT:  Amestoy, C.J., Dooley, Johnson, Skoglund and Reiber, JJ.

       ¶  1.  AMESTOY, C.J.   Appellant Teresa Cooper seeks reversal of the
  Franklin Superior Court's order affirming the Franklin Probate Court's
  disallowance of her deceased fiancé's nuncupative will.  We affirm.

       ¶  2.  The Superior Court disposed of appellant's claims by summary
  judgment; we therefore employ the same standard on appeal.  Mellin v. Flood
  Brook Union Sch. Dist., 173 Vt. 202, 211,