Bell v. Estate of Bell

Donald L. Corbin, Justice.

Appellant, Debra E. Bell, appeals from an order of the Crawford County Probate Court fixing the shares of the proceeds of a compromise settlement of the wrongful death claim arising from the death of appellant’s spouse, Robert L. Bell (“Decedent”), allocable to appellant and to each of her minor children, Daren Bell (“Daren”), and Matthew Joel Houck (“Joel”). In accordance with the general wrongful death statute, Ark. Code Ann. § 16-62-102 (1987), the statutory beneficiaries of this action were appellant, Daren, Joel, Decedent’s sole surviving parent, sibling and…