Morris v. Garmon

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

In the original appeal of this case, Morris v. Garmon, 285 Ark. 259, 686 S.W.2d 396 (1985), we affirmed the holding of the probate court that Alren Iris Morrison was domiciled in Fort Smith at the time of her death. That holding meant that Arkansas law governed the probate, descent and distribution of the estate, and that the decedent’s grandchildren, who were pretermitted heirs of the predeceased child, inherited the estate. Following our decision, appellant Harold Morris, the decedent’s brother, filed a petition praying that the assets be transferred to him as an…