MATTER OF SUCCESSION OF CALHOUN

No. 28233-CA.

674 So.2d 989 (1996)

In the Matter of the SUCCESSION OF William CALHOUN and His Wife, Bertha Calhoun.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

April 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharp & Sharp, by: James Sharp, Jr., Leola Pinkston Jones, Monroe, for Appellant.

Boles, Boles & Ryan, by: Charles H. Ryan, Carolyn Calhoun Loring, Monroe, for Appellee.

Before SEXTON, BROWN and GASKINS, JJ.


BROWN, Judge.

William and Bertha Calhoun were married in 1943. They possessed only community property at the time of William's death in 1980. Bertha died on September 14, 1993, and her sister, Leola Jones, petitioned for possession of the estate as the sole surviving heir.1 Ms. Jones obtained a judgment of possession on June 1, 1994.

On July 12, 1994, Carolyn Calhoun Loring, who was raised by William and Bertha Calhoun, petitioned...

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