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In re Estate of Farmer

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 13, 2007No. 2006-CA-01378-SCTPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WALLER, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Peter Farmer, Sr., as administrator of the Estate of Peter Farmer, Jr. (“Farmer”), filed a petition to determine heirs in the Chancery Court of Lowndes County. After hearing the evidence, the chancellor found an illegitimate minor son to be the sole heir at law. The administrator now appeals.

FACTS

¶ 2. Peter Farmer, Jr., was engaged to be married to LaQuante Sanders when Sanders gave birth to his illegitimate child on June 29, 2001. The parties do not contest the fact that the minor child was Farmer’s child. Farmer died on November 15, 2003,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Smith v. HollinsMississippi Supreme Court · 2005

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of LaughterMississippi Supreme Court · 2009
  2. Estate of Wallace ex rel. Wallace v. MohamedCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2010
  3. Benton ex rel. Brand v. IvyCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2012
  4. Foster v. WilliamsMississippi Supreme Court · 2009
  5. Benton ex rel. Brand v. IvyCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2012

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