Succession of Verna Made Romero Gillis

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STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT 03-467 SUCCESSION OF VERNA MAE ROMERO GILLIS ********** APPEAL FROM THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF IBERIA, NO. 17524 HONORABLE KEITH RAYNE JULES COMEAUX, DISTRICT JUDGE ********** NED E. DOUCET, JR. CHIEF JUDGE ********** Court composed of Ned E. Doucet, Jr., Chief Judge, Billie Colombaro Woodard, and Jimmie C. Peters, Judges.

AFFIRMED.

WOODARD, J., concurs in result.

PETERS, J., concurs in part and dissents in part, assigning written reasons.

Staci Knox Villemarette P. O. Box 53951 Lafayette, LA 70505-3951 Counsel for: Plaintiffs-Appellants Lynette Romero Gautreaux, Cynthia Romero Barry, Carol Romero Reynolds, Yvonne Romero Gilchrist

Lewis H. Pitman, Jr. P. O. Box 9664 New Iberia, LA 70562-9664 (337) 365-3800 Counsel for: Defendant-Appellee George Rogers Stephen Francis Mestayer P. O. Box 12340 New Iberia, LA 70562-2340 Counsel for: Defendants-Appellees Dorothy Viator McDonald, Mark McDonald, Jude McDonald, Michael W.

McDonald and Kermit McDonald, Jr.