Crosby v. Corley

This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the Montgomery Circuit Court barring the appellant from collecting proceeds from a wrongful death recovery pursuant to the statutory intestate inheritance laws. We reverse and remand.

On July 2, 1983, Ginger Crosby Corley married Dale Wayne Corley. Five months later, on December 12, 1983, Ginger'sparents, Nancy L. Crosby and Robert R. Crosby, were divorced. On August 25, 1985, Ginger, then age 20, was killed in an automobile collision that occurred in Montgomery County. Following her death, Ginger's husband, Dale Corley, and her mother, Nancy…