HALEY v. HALEY

Record No. 052609.

636 S.E.2d 400 (2006)

Betty Kersey HALEY, Individually and as Executrix/Administrator v. James Clifton HALEY.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 3, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lonnie L. Kern, Appalachia (Kern & Kern, on brief), for appellant.

William E. Bradshaw, Big Stone Gap, for appellee.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., LACY, KEENAN, LEMONS, and AGEE, JJ., and CARRICO and RUSSELL, Senior Justices.


OPINION BY Justice G. STEVEN AGEE.

Betty Kersey Haley appeals from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Lee County sustaining a demurrer to her amended bill of complaint and petition for contribution. At issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in finding that Haley failed to comply with the requirements of Code § 64.1-13 in order to claim an elective share of her deceased husband's estate. For the reasons...

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