Estate of Parrish v. Mortor

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of defendant-appellee, Mary Mortor “Parrish” (hereinafter Mary) upon a petition to determine heirship filed by plaintiffs-appellants Virginia Norris and William Parrish, as Co-Ad ministrators. Mary was judicially determined to have been the common law wife of the deceased, Ivan Robert Parrish (Parrish).

On September 23, 1971, appellants filed the Petition to Determine Heirship in which they asserted that the sole heirs of Parrish were, as of that time, his children. On October 15, 1971, Mary filed an objection to plaintiffs’ petition alleging that she…