404-843-1956

COURT OF APPEALS AFFIRMS JUDGMENT OBTAINED BY ROB CARLSON AND LAUREN MILLER

Rob Carlson and Lauren Miller obtained a ruling from the Georgia Court of Appeals affirming summary judgment in favor of their clients in a will contest filed by the testator’s two sons in May 2017. The Probate Court of DeKalb County granted summary judgment in favor of Rob and Lauren’s clients—two of the testator’s friends who received significant bequests under her will—that the evidence was insufficient to sustain an objection to the Will on grounds of undue influence, monomania, and lack of testamentary capacity.  Writing for the Court of Appeals, Chief Judge Brian M. Rickman rendered a detailed but unpublished opinion affirming the ruling obtained by Rob and Lauren in the trial court, with a special concurrence by Judge Christopher McFadden on the issue of monomania.  In re Estate of Valerie Adams Fleming, Georgia Court of Appeals, Case No. A21A1563.