Miller v. Succession of Cupples

JASPER E. JONES, Judge.

This appeal arises from the succession proceedings of the decedent Lonnie Cup-ples. The plaintiff-appellee is Debra Cup-ples Miller, the decedent’s niece. The defendants-appellants are the decedent’s surviving spouse, Alice Cosper Cupples, and the decedent’s stepson, George R. Mc-Adams. By judgment rendered January 14, 1988, the trial court granted the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and recognized her as owner of an undivided one-eighth interest in the property of the decedent. We amend this judgment for the reasons explained below and as amended we affirm.

Lonni…