Succession of Burton

JzLOTTINGER, Chief Judge.

Through a motion in the trial court, decedent’s granddaughter sought to remove decedent’s illegitimate daughter from acting as the duly-appointed administratrix of his succession. From a judgment upholding the daughter’s appointment as administratrix, the granddaughter has appealed.

FACTS

During his lifetime, Charlie Burton (decedent) married only once and then to Ella Miller Burton. This marriage resulted in the birth of a child, Henrietta Burton Vernon. Henrietta Vernon had three children, one of whom is appellant, Ginger Vernon Francois. Henrietta Vernon and her…