Stewart, extrx. v. Ray
Annotate this CaseAppellant challenged the probate court's declaratory judgment interpreting her father's will to require equal distribution of his personal property and residual estate among his eight children. The court held that the probate court correctly ruled that appellant acted beyond her discretion in her distribution of the assets to date. Therefore, the court found no error, because under the correct interpretation of Items III and IV of the will, appellant did not have the discretion to distribute the bulk of the estate to herself to the exclusion of her seven siblings. Accordingly, the judgment was affirmed.
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