Lois Cleon Shelton Aubuchon v. State of Missouri

Lois Aubuchon appeals pro se the dismissal of her § 1983 action against the State of Missouri. Aubuchon sought relief and damages from a 1975 state court judgment which she alleges violated her constitutional rights. The state court proceeding involved the probate of her father’s estate. During that proceeding a third party successfully challenged the validity of the marriage of Aubuchon’s parents. The Circuit Court of Dent County held that Aubuchon failed to establish the existence of a valid common law marriage between her parents and could not inherit under her father’s will.

We affirm the…