BELFAST, Maine — The Waldo County Probate Court has issued a ruling that could shape the future of Young’s Lobster Pound, the iconic Belfast waterfront business. The Aug. 8 order from the court names Raymond Young the sole personal representative of his father’s estate.

Robert R. Young owned and operated Young’s Seafood until his retirement in 2000. Since that time his youngest son, Raymond, has operated the business.

The elder Young died in 2017, leaving behind a will dated Sept. 6, 2000. Following his death, two of his children, Robert F. Young and Dianne (Young) Parker, filed a document with the court which they alleged to be a handwritten will made by their father the day before he died.

The handwritten will purported to cut Raymond Young out of the estate, and to award significant

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