Court Opinion

ID: 9690054
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 18:52:29.867118+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:50:41.797234
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Cavanagh, P.J.
(dissenting). I respectfully dissent. I disagree with the majority’s conclusion that the intent to disinherit the testator’s daughter, Juanita Neville, was clearly expressed in the will. I believe that the testator could have intended to provide for her daughter by failing to exercise the power of appointment, thus providing the daughter with one-third of the marital trust.
Thus, Nita Jackson could have decided to exclude Juanita Neville from her will because Ne-ville was adequately provided for by the terms of the trust.
I would find that the plaintiffs have not pleaded facts sufficient to show that defendant’s duty to the plaintiffs was bleached and would affirm.