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SUCCESSION OF Gladys Knott HEBERT. http://www.lsba.org/DocumentIndex/AppellateOpinions/3RD105039.PDF No. 12–281. Decided: October 03, 2012 Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, J. DAVID PAINTER, and SHANNON J. GREMILLION, Judges. Karl W. Bengtson Bengtson Law Firm, LLC, Lafayette, LA, for Appellants–Willa Dean Huval and Kathleen Stelly. Robert E. Fruge, Grand Couteau, LA, for Apellee–David Shawn Hebert. The appellants, Willa Dean Hebert Huval and Kathleen Stelly, are the daughter and granddaughter of the decedent, Gladys Knott Hebert. They appeal the trial court's judgment finding a valid will in favor of Mrs. Hebert's grandson, David Shawn Hebert. We affirm the judgment of