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MEARES v. JERNIGAN

No. COA99-869.

530 S.E.2d 883 (2000)

Q.C. MEARES, Jr., as an heir at law of Mary Jane Meares, deceased, Plaintiff, v. Warren JERNIGAN, individually and as administrator of the Estate of Mary Jane Meares, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 6, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee & Lee, by Junius B. Lee, III, Whiteville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Williamson & Walton, L.L.P., by C. Greg Williamson, Whiteville, for defendant-appellee.

MARTIN, Judge.

Plaintiff, the son of Mary Jane Meares, deceased, brought this action seeking a declaratory judgment that defendant has forfeited any right to inherit from Mary Jane Meares or to administer her estate. Plaintiff alleged that defendant, who was married to Mary Jane Meares at the time of her death on 30 January 1998, had actually and constructively abandoned Mary Jane Meares and that defendant had intentionally or negligently "hastened and brought about...

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