IN RE ESTATE OF ROCHE

No. 98-464.

736 A.2d 777 (1999)

In re ESTATE OF Ethel ROCHE (James and Robert Roche, Appellants).

Supreme Court of Vermont.

July 1, 1999.


ENTRY ORDER

Will contestants James and Robert Roche appeal from a judgment of the Chittenden Superior Court concluding that their mother, Ethel Roche, was not unduly influenced by Jean Manchester when making Manchester a beneficiary in Roche's will. Contestants claim that the trial court erred by: (1) requiring proof of absence of undue influence by a preponderance of the evidence rather than by clear and convincing evidence; (2) treating the burden of proof...

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