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LANIER v. RAINS

229 S.W.3d 656 (2007)

Elizabeth LANIER v. Stephen L. RAINS et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 28, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith C. Dennen and Rachel C. Nelley, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Elizabeth Lanier.

Phillips M. Smalling, Byrdstown, Tennessee, and Amy V. Hollars, Livingston, Tennessee, for the appellees, the Estate of Dexter Lyndon Rains, Stephen L. Rains and Jo Ann Rains, Co-Executors.

OPINION

GARY R. WADE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, C.J., and JANICE M. HOLDER and CORNELIA A. CLARK, JJ., joined.

The Petitioner, Elizabeth Lanier ("Petitioner"), sought legitimation after the death of Dexter Lyndon Rains ("Decedent") so as to share in his estate as a pretermitted heir under Tennessee Code Annotated section 32-3-103 (2001). The chancery court sustained a motion to dismiss filed on behalf of the Decedent...

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