STOCKTON v. ESTATE OF THOMPSON

No. COA03-749.

600 S.E.2d 13 (2004)

Dianne STOCKTON, Plaintiff, v. ESTATE OF Terry Darnell THOMPSON, Randy M.L. Thompson, Administrator, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 17, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Woodson, Sayers, Lawther, Short, Parrott & Walker, LLP, by Sean C. Walker, Salisbury, for plaintiff-appellee Diane Stockton.

James L. "Jeremy" Carter, Jr., Salisbury, for defendant-appellee Estate of Terry Darnell Thompson.

Linwood O. Foust, Charlotte, for intervenor-appellant.


McGEE, Judge.

The issue before this Court is whether a party not designated in N.C. Gen.Stat. § 49-16 may intervene in a civil paternity action commenced pursuant to N.C. Gen.Stat. § 49-14.

Terry Darnell Thompson (decedent) died on 1 September 2001 in a motorcycle accident. At the time of his death, decedent had two minor, legitimated daughters, Tekia C. Jordon and Tené Caroline Jordan (Tekia and Tené).

J.T. was born 1 March 2002...

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