Welch v. Welch

Cooper, Judge.

Appellants brought suit against the estates of Cecil and Elwyn Welch alleging they had been virtually adopted by the decedents and thus were entitled to share in the distribution of the decedents’ estates. The trial court granted the estates’ motion for involuntary dismissal pursuant to OCGA § 9-11-41 (b), and appellants filed a timely notice of appeal. The trial court subsequently granted appellees’ motion to dismiss the appeal on the ground there was an unreasonable and inexcusable delay in filing the trial transcript. Appellants appeal from that dismissal.

Appellants filed…