ESTATE OF PATTERSON v. PATTERSON

No. 1999-CA-00524-SCT.

798 So.2d 347 (2001)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Jaquarius Quadrion PATTERSON, Deceased: Dana L. Stanton, Guardian of the Estate of Da'Shun Neneh' Keith McMillian and Dashun N. McMillian v. John W. PATTERSON, Jr., Administrator of the Estate of Jaquarius Quadrion Patterson, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 25, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Elmo Lang, Pascagoula, for Appellants.

James W. Nobles, Jr., Jackson, Travis T. Vance, Jr., Vicksburg, for Appellee.

Before PITTMAN, C.J., WALLER and COBB, JJ.


COBB, Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Chancery Court of Pike County finding that the wrongful death beneficiary of three-year-old Jaquarius Patterson was the estate of his deceased mother, Quivoria Patterson.

¶ 2. Jaquarius's natural father, Juan McMillian, had never married Quivoria, never acknowledged that Jaquarius was his son, never provided support, nor had any contact...

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