Parker v. Parker

Toal, Justice:

This case arises from the circuit court’s affirmance, on appeal, of a probate court order refusing to disqualify an heir of an estate. We affirm.

FACTS

James Franklin Parker, Sr. died intestate in July 1987. In August 1987, Ethel Lee Parker, the decedent’s wife, applied for informal probate and appointment as the personal representative of the estate. In paragraph 4 of the Application/Petition for Informal Probate, Mrs. Parker listed herself as the widow, and the appellants and Virginia Ann Martin as the children of James Parker, Sr.

In September 1987, the appellants filed a…