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HEATH v. CLEAR

No. 83-123.

659 S.W.2d 504 (1983)

280 Ark. 482

Marvin S. HEATH et al., Appellants, v. Parker CLEAR, Administrator of the Estate of Gladys Biggers Clear, Deceased, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 31, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frierson, Walker, Snellgrove & Laser by G.D. Walker, Jonesboro, for appellants.

Penix, Penix, Mixon & Lusby, Jonesboro, for appellee.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

Is the distinction between ancestral estates and new acquisitions now recognized in the Arkansas law of descent and distribution? The probate court correctly held that the distinction was abolished in 1969 and has not been reinstated. Ark.Stat.Ann. § 61-148 (Repl.1971).

When the decedent, Gladys Biggers Clear, died intestate and without descendants in January 1982, her estate consisted principally of lands that were formerly...

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