SUCCESSION OF BURNS

No. 54,168-CA.

331 So.3d 1062 (2021)

SUCCESSION OF Willie C. BURNS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 6, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

RITA KAY BACOT , ALAN PESNELL LAWYER, LLC, By: William Alan Pesnell , Shreveport, Counsel for Appellants, Annie Burns, Sharon Burns & Estelle Green.

OFFICES OF CHRIS L. BOWMAN, By: Chris Lane Bowman , Colby L. Bowman , Sean Nicholas Crain , Counsel for Appellees, James Burns, Willie Burns, & Tommy Burns.

KITCHENS LAW FIRM, By: Paul E. Kitchens , Minden, Counsel for Appellee, Silver Burns.

Before MOORE, PITMAN, and COX, JJ.


Annie Burns, the putative wife of the decedent, appeals a judgment that awarded her only 25% of the succession of the common husband, Willie C. Burns, and found that two large certificates of deposit (totaling about $300,000) were not part of the succession but belonged to Burns's son James. For the reasons expressed, we amend to specify...

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