Mississippi appeals court upholds 2003 will, leaving most of estate to cousins

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A recent legal battle over Lamar DeLoach's estate concluded with the Court of Appeals affirming his 2003 will. Frank DeLoach argued that he had destroyed a later version, but the…

A dispute over a Mississippi man’s estate has ended with the Court of Appeals upholding a will signed more than two decades earlier. The case, In the Matter of the Estate of Lamar DeLoach, decided on 10 November 2026, turned on whether a later document had validly revoked the 2003 will, and whether the brother who claimed the estate had enough evidence to prove his version of events, as per the report on Justia U.S. Law.Lamar DeLoach signed a last will and testament on 18 July 2003 and died on 23 January 2023.

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