Succession of Jones

PAINTER, Judge.

11 Upon the lodging of the appeal record in the instant suit, this court sue sponte issued a rule to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed as having been taken from a partial final judgment not designated as immediately appealable. For the reasons assigned, we hereby designate the judgment as final and appeal-able and maintain the appeal.

The decedent, David Jones, was married at least two times. His first marriage, entered into on October 8, 1956, was to Harriett Boyer Jones, and from this marriage, three children were born. According to the trial court’s written…