Estate of Walton v. Young

OPINION

REID, Judge.

This case presents for review the decision of the Court of Appeals reversing the trial court’s denial of a claim of paternity. For the reasons set forth, the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed and the case is remanded.

I

The decedent, Carlton E. Walton, died intestate. The decedent’s son, Jeffrey 0. Walton, qualified as the administrator of the decedent’s estate. The petition filed in probate court states that Jeffrey 0. Walton is the only child of the decedent.

Leslie Young, nee, Jackson, the claimant against the estate, filed a petition in the probate court…