Johns v. Morgan

HINES, Justice.

This Court granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Morgan v. Johns, 276 Ga. App. 366 (623 SE2d 219) (2005), to consider whether the heirs at law in this case have an “interest in the estate” within the meaning of OCGA § 23-2-91 (2). For the reasons which follow, we conclude that the heirs at law, though not beneficiaries under the purported will, have such a statutory “interest in the estate.”

The relevant facts are outlined in the opinion by the Court of Appeals. Deloriouse Morgan was Kenneth Roscoe Mask’s caregiver for the last few years of his life, during which time he…