Jenkins v. Estate of Jenkins

LILES, WOODIE, A., Associate Judge (Retired).

Appellant filed in the trial court a petition for administration of the estate of Charles Jenkins, seeking, as surviving spouse, to have her attorney named personal representative of the estate. She appeals the trial court’s ruling that Ethel Kate Jenkins is entitled, as the surviving spouse, to appointment as personal representative of the estate of Charlie Jenkins. We affirm.

The deceased and appellant were married in 1940 in Mitchell County, Georgia, and resided together as husband and wife until 1948. In 1948 they separated, and the deceased…