Stokan v. Estate of Cann

D.P. Marshall Jr., Judge.

This case involves Arkansas’s intestacy statutes. Marjorie Cann, a retired schoolteacher, died in 2005. She left no spouse, no descendants, no will, and an estate worth approximately $700,000.00. Her many cousins disagreed about how they should share Cann’s estate. After several hearings and briefing, the probate division of the circuit court entered an order distributing Cann’s estate. Five of Cann’s paternal first cousins, once removed — we will refer to them collectively as “the paternal cousins” — have appealed that distribution. Our review is de novo. Wells v.…