Willis v. Estate of Adams

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This is the second appeal in this probate case. The executor of William Sherman Adams’s estate brought the first appeal from the trial court’s decision finding the deceased’s two grandchildren, Tina and Melissa, pretermitted heirs and upholding the constitutionality of Ark. Code Ann. § 28-39-307(b) (1987), the pretermitted heir statute. We upheld the statute’s validity. Holland v. Willis, 293 Ark. 518, 739 S.W.2d 529 (1987).

Following Holland, the probate court added Tracy Slote as a pretermitted heir to its earlier order. Tina and Melissa, having complied with ARCP Rule…