Abston v. Estate of Abston

Before his death, James D. Abston, Sr. ("the father"), and three of his four children — James D. Abston, Jr. ("Junior"), Thomas Eddie Abston ("Eddie"), and Jimmie Faye McFadden — were the record titleholders of a parcel of real property in Washington County. After the father died in 2003, the coexecutors of his estate sold the property. From that sale, the estate received $136,978.76, representing the value of the father's undivided one-fourth interest in the property.

On November 24, 2004, D. Larry Abston ("Larry"), the father's child whose name was not on the deed to the Washington County…