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BELL EX REL. BELL v. CASPER EX REL. CHURCH

Record Nos. 101004, 101012.

717 S.E.2d 783 (2011)

Abigail R. BELL, by her next friend, Lisa BELL v. Jordan Rebekah Lynn CASPER, by her Next Friend, Esther M. CHURCH, et al. Jordan Rebekah Lynn Casper, by her Next Friend, Esther M. Church v. Clayton Devoy Lynn, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 16, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher W. McDonald (McDonald, Sutton & DuVal, Richmond, on briefs), for appellant.

William H. Hurd ( Russell V. Palmore, Jr. ; Brent M. Timberlake ; Nicholas R. Klaiber ; Troutman Sanders, Richmond, on brief), for appellee Lena Rhelda Sanders-Howerton.

No brief filed on behalf of appellee Jordan Rebekah Lynn Casper.

No brief filed on behalf of appellee Clayton Devoy Lynn.

No brief filed on behalf of appellee Abigail Lynn Bell.

Neil Kuchinsky ; Melvin E. Yeamans, Jr . (Kuchinsky & Yeamans, Colonial Heights, on briefs), for appellant.

Present: KINSER, C.J., LEMONS, GOODWYN, MILLETTE, and MIMS, JJ., and CARRICO and LACY, S.JJ.

Opinion by Justice DONALD W. LEMONS.

In these appeals arising out of two cases consolidated in the Circuit Court of Henrico County (the "trial court"), we consider whether the trial court erred when it held that the provisions of Code § 55-401 et seq. (Virginia's "Slayer Statute"), in effect on the date of the decedent's death, govern the distribution of the decedent's estate in this case.

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