Richardson v. Brown

DOUG MARTIN, Judge.

| Appellant Joy Richardson appeals from the judgment of the Faulkner County Circuit Court awarding her brother, Jim Brown, $33,828.38 plus an additional $23,249.03 in attorney’s fees and costs. We affirm in part and dismiss for lack of jurisdiction in part.

Patricia Brown was the mother of Richardson, Brown, and Sharon Little.1 When Patricia died on January 7, 2008, a dispute arose among the children as to the disposition of certain property that Patricia jointly owned with her children and intended to pass outside the normal probate process. On October 1, 2009, Jim Brown…