Dotson v. Dotson

LARRY D. VAUGHT, Chief Judge.

| Appellant Robert Dotson brings this interlocutory appeal from the decision of the Probate Division of the Carroll County Circuit Court. Robert contends that the circuit court erred in finding that Mark Dotson’s claim, pursuant to the After-Born Child Statute, extinguished Robert’s rights as a named beneficiary of the joint will of Elbert M. Dotson and Irma L. Dotson. We affirm.

On November 21, 1958, Elbert and his wife Irma, the appellee, signed and filed a joint Last Will and Testament. At the time, Elbert and Irma had no children, but Elbert had a nephew,…