Brown v. Johnson

HERSEY, Judge.. Delores Thomas Brown and Adolphus Thomas, Jr., appeal an order of the probate court holding that the evidence was insufficient to support appellants’ claim of a right to share in the intestate estate of decedent, Vanchester Broxton, as his lineal descendants.

The conflicting evidence presents a complex factual question and a difficult legal issue which is one of first impression in this jurisdiction. We begin with an overview of the factual conflicts which activate the legal question involving both the applicability of a statute and standing to rely on that statute.

The…