SMALLEY v. PARKS

No. 25111.

108 S.W.3d 138 (2003)

Shirley Joanne SMALLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bobby E. PARKS, Geraldine M. Hensley, Ruby K. Pennell, Ervin L. Parks, Dorothy J. Sharp, Gregory Parks, Christopher Parks, Barry Parks, Douglas Evenson, Jeffrey Evenson, and Marla Hammonds, Defendants-Respondents.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

June 24, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary E. Bishop, Mann, Walter, Bishop & Lippelman, P.C., Springfield, MO, for appellant.

John A. Parks, Hermitage, MO, for respondent.


JAMES K. PREWITT, Presiding Judge.

Shirley Joanne Smalley petitioned for a declaratory judgment from the probate division of the Circuit Court of Hickory County declaring her the equitably adopted child of Simon D. Parks, who died intestate, and as such, the sole heir of the estate of the decedent. Following a bench trial held on June 6, 2002, the trial court found against Petitioner. This appeal followed.

Shirley ("Appellant") was born in Johnson County,...

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