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IN RE ESTATE OF GLOVER

No. 82-1335.

470 A.2d 743 (1983)

In re ESTATE OF Joseph GLOVER, Deceased. James H. GILLIAM, Appellant, v. Wiley A. BRANTON, Sr., et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 14, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Gunzelman Beatley, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

John P. Cummins III, Washington, D.C., with whom Lawrence E. Carr, Jr., Washington, D.C., was on the brief for appellee, Wiley A. Branton, Sr.

Alan Banov, Washington, D.C., for appellees, Fred Glover, et al.

Before FERREN and TERRY, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.

PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired:

This appeal challenges an order of the Probate Division of the Superior Court dismissing, for want of jurisdiction, the amended complaint of James Homer Gilliam (appellant) for a declaratory judgment, as to his rights as a person born out of wedlock to inherit from one Joseph Glover (decedent), his putative father.

We reverse and remand with directions to reinstate the complaint and for further proceedings consistent with this...

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