Estate of Gartrell v. Gartrell

Docket Number:	2008-CA-01495-SCT Linked Case(s): 2008-CA-01495-SCT

Supreme Court:	Opinion Link Opinion Date: 12-17-2009 Opinion Author: Carlson, P.J. Holding: Reversed and Rendered

Additional Case Information:	Judge(s) Concurring: Waller, C.J., Graves, P.J., Dickinson, Randolph, Kitchens, Chandler and Pierce, JJ. Non Participating Judge(s): Lamar, J. Procedural History: Bench Trial Nature of the Case: CIVIL - WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATES

Trial Court:	Date of Trial Judgment: 08-12-2008 Appealed from: DeSoto County Chancery Court Judge: Mitchell M. Lundy, Jr. Disposition: The chancellor determined that a 1984 chancery court adoption order was void ab initio, and that, therefore, the adopted children of the decedent’s son, William C. Gartrell, III, were not the decedent’s lawful heirs. Case Number: 03-01-0164(ML)
	Consolidated: Consolidated with 2008-IA-01410-SCT; Diane M. Gartrell, Lisa LeAnn Gartrell Aversrush and Jodey Jon Gartrell v. M. Kay Gartrell a/k/a Kay Gartrell Kirschner, Executrix of the Estate of Dorothy Bryan Gartrell; DeSoto Chancery Court; LC Case #: 03-01-0164; Ruling Date: 08/12/2008; Ruling Judge: Mitchell Lundy, Jr

	Party Name:	Attorney Name:
Appellant:	ESTATE OF DOROTHY BRYAN GARTRELL, DECEASED, DIANE M. GARTRELL, JODEY JON GARTRELL AND LISA LEANN GARTRELL AVERSRUSH	DAVID MARK SLOCUM, JR., JOHN THOMAS LAMAR, JR.

Appellee:	M. KAY GARTRELL a/k/a KAY GARTRELL KIRSCHNER	RICHARD C. ROBERTS, III

Mississippi College School of Law