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SAMEK v. SANDERS

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788 So.2d 872 (2000)

Daniel B. SAMEK and Harold W. Schultze v. Terrill W. SANDERS, as administrator of the Estate of Earl Chamblee, deceased; et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied January 5, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Sanford Mullins III, Alton B. Parker, Jr., Peter M. Wright, and Myla Calhoun Choy of Spain & Gillon, L.L.C., Birmingham, for appellants.

Kay L. Cason and Donna Eich Brooks of Gorham & Waldrep, P.C., Birmingham, for appellees.

ENGLAND, Justice.

Earl Chamblee died intestate on May 30, 1998, in Jefferson County. Daniel B. Samek and Harold W. Schultze, his stepsons, filed a complaint seeking a determination of heirship. Their complaint asked the Jefferson Probate Court to declare that they had been "equitably adopted" by Chamblee and thus were heirs to his $2.5—million estate. The probate court rejected their claim. They appealed. We affirm...

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