IN RE ESTATE OF MERCER

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288 S.C. 313 (1986)

342 S.E.2d 591

In re ESTATE OF Clarence Lindon MERCER, Deceased. Ex parte Carol Ann MERCER, Executrix of the Estate of Clarence Lindon Mercer, Appellant v. Della Ann Lambert BRYANT, Benjamin Bell Lambert, Jr., Tracy Marie Lambert, and Linda Kay Mercer Taylor, Respondents, of whom Della Ann Lambert Bryant, Benjamin Bell Lambert, Jr., Tracy Marie Lambert are Appellants, and Linda Kay Mercer Taylor is a Respondent. Ex parte Linda Mercer TAYLOR and Lavonia D. Perry, Respondents v. Carol Ann MERCER, Executrix and Primary Heir of the Estate of Clarence Lindon Mercer, and Della Ann Lambert Bryant, Benjamin Bell Lambert, Jr., and Tracy Marie Lambert, as Secondary Heirs of Clarence Lindon Mercer, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 31, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.E. Bonnoitt, Jr., Georgetown, for appellant.

John R. Clarke and Stephen H. John, Law Offices of John R. Clarke, North Myrtle Beach, for respondents.


Heard March 11, 1986.

Decided March 31, 1986.

HARWELL, Justice:

Clarence Lindon Mercer (decedent) executed a will on May 17, 1977 leaving his entire estate to his daughter, Linda Mercer Taylor. The decedent married Lavonia Perry on October 14, 1977. They separated on November 11, 1977 and executed a property settlement agreement on February 18, 1978. The decedent received a Haitian divorce from Lavonia Perry...

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