Matter of Estate of Chilton

SABERS, Justice.

The half-blood heirs appeal, claiming the trial court erred in holding that the Estate consists only of “ancestral property” to which the whole-blood heirs are entitled to the exclusion of the half-blood heirs. We reverse in part and remand.

FACTS

Jack Parker Chilton (Decedent) died intestate. He left surviving him one aunt as his closest living relative. She disclaimed any interest in the “ancestral property” and is presumed to have predeceased him.

Ronald Ellsbury (Ellsbury), Blanche E. Chilton Coles and Audrey M. Chilton Doane are whole-blood cousins in the fourth degree to…