In re the Estate of Perkins

HENDERSON, Justice.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY/ISSUES

Upon the demise of Claude S. Perkins (Perkins), his son, Mark Perkins, became executor of the Perkins estate and submitted a final account of the estate’s assets on August 21, 1992. Mark’s siblings, Andrew D. Perkins, David L. Perkins, and Phyllis N. Riggs (Objectors) filed an objection to the final account, claiming that the account inaccurately named their sister, Alice C. Coyle (Alice), as beneficiary of four annuity policies.

In a Judgment issued November 30, 1992, the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court held that Alice was neither beneficiary nor owner…