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him. Mr. Skinner informed Eckell, Sparks that Mr. Ross and Ms.
Hurley, as decedent’s financial advisers, were responsible for the
failure to file decedent’s tax returns.
Contested Will
On June 9, 1992, the Glovers, through their attorneys, Lamb,
Windle & McErlane (Lamb, Windle), filed an appeal to the Orphans’
Court, challenging the probate of the 1989 will. The Glovers
claimed that, after decedent executed the 1989 will on June 29,
1989, the will had been altered by undated handwritten
interlineations and cancellations but had not been republished or
properly reexecuted by decedent.
After a hearing on the matter, the Orphans’ Court held that
the register of wills had incorrectly decided that the 1989 will
had been properly attested to and notarized. On November 5, 1992,
the Orphans’ Court entered a decree vacating the June 7, 1991,
probate of the 1989 will and remanding the matter to the register
of wills.
On December 2, 1992, the Glovers filed a caveat with the
register of wills, claiming that the 1989 will was invalid for the
following reasons:
1. Execution of the document was obtained by undue
influence exerted by A. Richard Ross and Lynn Hurley and
others who were in a confidential relationship with
decedent;
2. Lynn Hurley is unfit to be entrusted with the
administration of the estate * * * because of her failure
to perform the duties entrusted to her by decedent and
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