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BARKER v. BAKER

No. 2806.

330 S.C. 361 (1998)

499 S.E.2d 503

Robert BARKER, Appellant, v. Claire Lou BAKER, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Barbara Carolyn Meares, Deceased; Elizabeth M. Hayes; Mary Ellen M. Cook, and James Milford Meares, Respondents. In re Estate of Barbara C. MEARES, Deceased.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided March 9, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.N. Zeigler, of Zeigler & Graham, Florence, for appellant.

Rodney C. Jernigan, Jr., of Scott & Jernigan; and Mary Layton Wells, Florence, for respondents.

HOWELL, Chief Judge:

After the intestate death of Barbara Carolyn Meares, Robert Barker filed a petition in probate court, claiming he was Meares's common-law husband. The probate court rejected Barker's petition, concluding he failed to establish the existence of a common-law marriage. Barker appealed to the circuit court, which affirmed the decision of the probate court. Barker again appeals, and we likewise affirm.

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