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IN RE ESTATE OF BROWN

Opinion No. 27982.

430 S.C. 474 (2020)

846 S.E.2d 342

IN RE: the ESTATE OF James BROWN a/k/a James Joseph Brown. Tommie Rae Brown, Respondent, v. David C. Sojourner, Jr., in his capacity as Limited Special Administrator and Limited Special Trustee, Deanna Brown-Thomas, Yamma Brown, Venisha Brown, Larry Brown, Terry Brown, Michael Deon Brown, and Daryl Brown, Defendants, Of whom Deanna Brown-Thomas, Yamma Brown, and Venisha Brown are the Petitioners.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed June 17, 2020.

Rehearing Denied August 24, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Byrd and Alyson Smith Podris , both of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP, of Charleston, and Marc Toberoff , of Toberoff & Associates, PA, of Malibu, California, for Petitioners.

Robert N. Rosen , of Rosen Law Firm, LLC, of Charleston; S. Alan Medlin , of Columbia; Thomas Heyward Carter Jr. , Andrew W. Chandler and M. Jean Lee , all of Evans Carter Kunes & Bennett, PA, of Charleston; David Lawrence Michel , of Michel Law Firm, LLC, of Mount Pleasant; Arnold S. Goodstein, of Goodstein Law Firm, LLC, of Summerville; and Gerald Malloy , of Malloy Law Firm, of Hartsville, for Respondent.

Disputes over the estate of entertainer James Brown (Brown) have persisted in the years since his untimely death on December 25, 2006. In this case, the Court considers an action by Tommie Rae Brown (Respondent) to establish that she is the surviving spouse of Brown under the South Carolina Probate Code. The issue arose in...

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