In re Adoption of P.M. & J.M.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• adopting the rule “that the lost will must first be established in chancery before a legatee under that will has standing to contest a later probated will”
• “[I]t is well settled . . . that before [a contestant] may go forward with a will contest he must show that he would take a share of the decedent’s estate if the probated will were set aside.”
• “[I]t is well settled in this [S]tate that before [a contestant] may go forward with a will contest he must show that he would take a share of the decedent’s estate if the probated will were set aside.”
• “[B]efore the appellant may go forward with a will contest he must show that he would take a share of the decedent’s estate if the probated will were set aside [] by showing that he would take under a prior will.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).