Arrington v. Arrington

KIRSHBAUM, Judge.

Anthony, Cynthia, Duane, Veniece, and Eudora Arrington, children of Clyde A. Ar-rington, appeal the trial court’s order distributing proceeds from a wrongful death action. We affirm.

The children’s mother was fatally injured in an automobile accident, and the father subsequently filed a wrongful death action pursuant to § 13-21-201(2), C.R.S.1973. That statute states in pertinent part as follows:

“If the action under this section is brought by the husband or wife of the deceased, the judgment obtained in said action shall be owned by such persons as are heirs at law of the…