DOTSON v. DOTSON

No. CA 09-246.

372 S.W.3d 398 (2009)

2009 Ark. App. 819

Robert DOTSON, Sr., Appellant v. Irma L. DOTSON and Estate of Elbert Dotson, Deceased, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP, Fayetteville, by: R. Christopher Lawson , for appellant.

Sprott & Golden, Harrison, by: Catherine F. Golden , for appellee.


LARRY D. VAUGHT, Chief Judge.

Appellant Robert Dotson brings this interlocutory appeal from the decision of the Probate Division of the Carroll County Circuit Court. Robert contends that the circuit court erred in finding that Mark Dotson's claim, pursuant to the After-Born Child Statute, extinguished Robert's rights as a named beneficiary of the joint will of Elbert M. Dotson and Irma L. Dotson. We affirm.

On November 21, 1958, Elbert and his wife Irma, the...

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