Turner v. Nesby

JONES, Justice.

Derek Eugene Nesby, appellee, filed a bill of review in probate court seeking to set aside a 1983 judgment that declared Yvetta Turner, appellant, sole heir of Ulysses S. Young and distributed to Turner all property belonging to Young’s estate. Nesby claimed to be Young’s illegitimate child. The probate court granted Nesby’s bill of review and ordered a new trial in the original cause to determine whether Nesby was Young’s heir. Turner appeals this order. 1

Turner complains on appeal that the probate court erred in (1) retroactively applying a statutory amendment enacted after…