IN RE ESTATE OF GARRETT

No. A00A0587.

534 S.E.2d 843 (2000)

244 Ga. App. 65

In re ESTATE OF GARRETT.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

May 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald B. Hatcher, Atlanta, for appellant.

Steven J. Jackson, for appellee.

William Phillips, pro se.


RUFFIN, Judge.

Winifred Stoney, administratrix of the estate of Douglas J. Garrett, appeals from a probate court order ruling that William Phillips was Garrett's natural father and is therefore entitled to inherit from him. Because no determination of paternity was made during Garrett's lifetime, we reverse.

Garrett was born out of wedlock.1 He died in 1997, apparently intestate. While administering Garrett's estate, Stoney learned...

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