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WILSON v. WILSON

44776.

257 Ga. 584 (1987)

361 S.E.2d 381

WILSON et al. v. WILSON et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied November 18, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Bergen, Frederick S. Bergen, for appellants.

Gilbert, Whittle, Harrell, Scarlett & Skelton, Wallace E. Harrell, for appellees.

HUNT, Justice.

Appellants, Joseph L. Burton, M.D., and the children of John Wilson, Jr., appeal from the trial court's denial of their petition, brought in connection with a caveat action, to exhume John Wilson, Jr.'s body. We affirm.

1. Appellants enumerate as error the trial court's holding that they lack standing under OCGA § 45-16-45, the statute authorizing medical examiners to petition the superior court for an order to disinter a body. They argue...

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