Nelson v. Dubois Livestock

[¶ 1] Tracy Nelson and Michelle James, in their capacities as personal representatives of the Estate of Jean Paul St. Amand, appeal from a judgment entered in *572the Superior Court (York County, Fritz-sche, J.) ordering that one-third of the settlement proceeds resulting from the Estate’s wrongful death claim be paid for the benefit of Debra Callison, a minor child of St. Amand who was unknown to the Estate when the wrongful death complaint was filed.2

[¶ 2] Nelson and James argue that Cal-lison is not entitled to a share of the suit’s proceeds because (1) Maine’s wrongful death statute, 18-A…