COPELAND v. RICHARDSON

88-595.

551 So.2d 353 (1989)

Brenda Faye COPELAND v. Betty P. RICHARDSON.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Mathis, Jr., Birmingham, for appellant.

Donald Hugh Jones of Jones & Jones, Birmingham, for appellee.


MADDOX, Justice.

This appeal is from an order of the Probate Court of Jefferson County recognizing Betty P. Richardson as the common law wife of the late William H. Richardson. Brenda Copeland, the daughter of the deceased, appeals from the trial court's determination.

Betty and William Richardson were formally married from 1974 to 1981. Approximately one year after their divorce in 1981, Betty moved back in with William, where she lived until his death in...

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