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IN THE MATTER OF LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF NORTON v. BOOTH

No. 2012-CA-01700-SCT.

126 So.3d 890 (2013)

In the Matter of the Last Will and Testament of John William NORTON: Jessica Norton Jordan v. Linda Booth, Executrix of the Estate of John William Norton.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 5, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Preston Durr , W. Brady Kellems , Brookhaven, Cheli Kellems Durr , attorneys for appellant.

Durwood Jewell Breeland , Brookhaven, attorney for appellee.

Before DICKINSON, P.J., KITCHENS and CHANDLER, JJ.

KITCHENS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Jessica Norton Jordan appealed the chancellor's declaratory ruling that she was not entitled to a share of her adoptive father's estate under Mississippi's pretermitted heir statute. Miss.Code Ann. § 91-5-5 (Rev.2013). The order was entered in an ongoing probate action, and the certified copy of the trial court's docket indicates that Jordan still is involved in the probate matter. Moreover, the declaratory judgment...

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