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MATTER OF SUCCESSION OF SIMS

No. 84 CA 0039.

464 So.2d 991 (1985)

In the Matter of The SUCCESSION OF Winston Hall SIMS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writs Denied April 19, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Cavanaugh, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-first appellant Marcella Sims.

A. Kell McInnis, III, Baton Rouge, for defendant-second appellant Estate of Winston H. Sims.

Fred H. Belcher, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Elizabeth Sims.

Before GROVER L. COVINGTON, C.J., and LOTTINGER and JOHN S. COVINGTON, JJ.

JOHN S. COVINGTON, Judge.

The former spouse of Winston H. Sims (Sims) and the administratrix of his succession both filed devolutive appeals from the judgment of the 19th Judicial District Court, Honorable William H. Brown, presiding. The primary issue presented is whether Marcella McGinnis Sims (Marcella), decedent's former wife, is entitled to a retirement benefit based on the decedent's employment by the United States Government as an air traffic controller, a...

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