IN RE ESTATE OF DESKINS

No. 2-83-1021.

128 Ill. App.3d 942 (1984)

471 N.E.2d 1018

In re ESTATE OF DENNIS C. DESKINS, Deceased (Diane Bevis, a/k/a Diane Freda, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Deskins, Defendant-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed November 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Garrity, of Loftus, Riggs, Redmond & Duff, Ltd., of Addison, for appellant.

William J. Scott, Jr., of Mirabella & Kincaid, of Wheaton, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE REINHARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, James Deskins, appeals from the admission of the will of his son, decedent Dennis C. Deskins, to probate and from the issuance of letters testamentary to plaintiff, Diane Bevis.

Defendant raises the following issues on appeal: (1) whether the trial court erred in admitting the torn will in light of the presumption of revocation; (2) whether, notwithstanding the presumption...

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