Henderson v. Thomas

OPINION

MINTON, Judge.

Ralph Henderson appeals from an order of the Knox Circuit Court dismissing his complaint against his former step-daughter, Deanna Thomas, whom he had sued individually and as the personal representative of the estate of his late wife, Ruth. Henderson claims that Ruth, aided by Deanna, fraudulently transferred personal property before her death and by her will that deprived him of his spousal right to a share of Ruth’s property. The circuit court ruled that Henderson’s failure to make a timely renunciation of Ruth’s will barred all of his claims. Because we hold that the…