Matter of Estate of Etherton

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• trial court may enter a directed finding on the facts where the petitioner fails to carry the ultimate burden of proof
• “[A]t the second stage[,] the trial court views the case ‘in the same manner as it would had the defendant rested at the close of the plaintiff’s case’ [citation].”

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