Ellis v. West ex rel. West

WOODALL, Justice.

Betty Ellis, as personal representative of the estate of her sister, Annie Laurie Pace, deceased, appeals from a judgment for Joshua Adam Falls West and Jacob Wayne Falls West (“the children”), by and through their adoptive mother and next friend, Agnes West, on the children’s petition asserting a claim in Pace’s estate. We reverse and remand with directions.

The facts are undisputed. The decedent, Annie Laurie Pace, was the maternal great-grandmother of the children, being the mother of Robert Pace, deceased, who was the father of Kelly Pace, who married Ricky Falls in 1990.…