Douglas v. King

On March 5, 2003, Nathaniel Powell Douglas died intestate in Jefferson County. He left surviving him as the sole heir and distributee of his estate an 18-year-old mentally retarded daughter, Eloise Hoyrd, who was at the time of Nathaniel's death in residence at a facility for unwed mothers, having delivered a child in January 2003. Mary Douglas, Nathaniel's sister, initially filed in the Probate Court of Jefferson County a petition to be named as the administrator of the Nathaniel's estate, in her capacity as Eloise's "guardian." The record reflects in that regard, however, only that in…