Legal Opinion
In re Adams
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 11, 2018No. 51,914–CAPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
*1016Appellant, Bette Adams Griffing, appeals the trial court judgment overruling her dilatory exception of improper use of summary proceedings. Appellant also appeals the trial court judgment ordering that the $58,994.05 returned to the estate of Wenona Nix Adams be evenly distributed among five heirs. For the following reasons, we amend the trial court judgment to vacate the distribution of the estate, and as amended, we affirm.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On November 5, 2015, Wenona Nix Adams ("Adams") died intestate at a nursing home in Winnsboro, Louisiana. She is survived by five…
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