Simpson v. King

Smith, Justice.

Appellee Mrs. Forrest King was named administratrix of decedent Elkin Stanley Simpson’s estate. An application challenging the appellee’s appointment filed by the appellant, Monica Simpson, was denied by the Probate Court. The appellant appealed to the Fulton County Superior Court where her motion for partial summary judgment was denied and where the appellee’s motion for summary judgment was granted. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The appellee and the decedent were married in 1978, and she gave birth to a child, Elkin Simpson II. The couple separated in August 1980, but…