Estate of Brumley, Matter of, 95-972
| Decision Date | 12 February 1996 |
| Docket Number | No. 95-972,95-972 |
| Citation | 914 S.W.2d 735,323 Ark. 431 |
| Parties | In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Carlie O. BRUMLEY, Deceased. |
| Court | Arkansas Supreme Court |
Appeal from the Washington County Probate Court, No. P-94-502, John Lineberger, Probate Judge.
Carol Gillespie, Farmington, for Appellant.
Robert J. Gladwin, Prairie Grove, for Appellee.
This case involves the construction of the will of Carlie O. Brumley. The probate judge concluded that pursuant to the will of the decedent, the decedent's estate passed to his surviving children in equal shares, share and share alike. In addition, the probate judge found that the decedent's daughter, Norma Hudson, predeceased the decedent and her interest in the decedent's estate did not vest. On appeal, appellant John A. Hudson submits that the probate judge (1) erred in finding that the interest of the decedent's daughter, Norma Hudson, did not vest in her children upon her death and (2) erred in finding that the decedent's estate passed only to his surviving children. We affirm.
Carlie O. Brumley died on October 3, 1994. His wife predeceased him, but he was survived by five children: Margaret Daniel, Wanetta Towler, Leland Brumley, Wayne Brumley, and James Brumley. In addition, one of the decedent's children, Norma Hudson, predeceased him; she was survived by four children: John A. Hudson, Tommy D. Hudson, Sheila C. Conner, and Rebecca J. Drain.
On January 25, 1995, appellant John A. Hudson filed a petition to determine heirship. On March 17, 1995, the probate judge entered an order finding that the decedent left as his last will a written instrument dated January 31, 1989. The probate judge further ruled that the instrument should be admitted to probate as the last will and testament of Carlie O. Brumley, deceased.
In an order entered May 19, 1995, the probate judge concluded that "pursuant to the will of the decedent, the decedent's estate passed to his surviving children, Margaret Daniel, Wanetta Towler, Leland Brumley, Wayne Brumley, and James Brumley, in equal shares, share and share alike." In addition, the probate judge found that the decedent's daughter, Norma Hudson, predeceased the decedent and her interest in the decedent's estate did not vest. Appellant John Hudson appeals from that order.
Although this case involves the construction of a will, the appellant's abstract does not include the will. The appellant's abstract merely consists of statements such as, "[a]ppellant filed a petition to determine the heirs to the estate of the decedent," "[a]ppellant filed a brief to support his position on the petition to determine the heirs of the decedent's estate in order to aid the court," and "[t]he Court entered an Order finding that the decedent's deceased child's interest in the estate did not vest because she predeceased the decedent and authorizing the sale of the real property at a private sale." The appellee did not file a supplemental abstract.
It is fundamental that the record on appeal is confined to that which is abstracted. Mahan v. Hall, 320 Ark. 473, 897 S.W.2d 571 (1995). Appellant is required to abstract such material parts of the pleadings, proceedings, facts, documents, and other matters in the record as are necessary to an understanding of all questions presented to this Court for decision. Ark.Sup.Ct.R. 4-2(a)(6); Chrysler Credit Corp. v. Scanlon, 319 Ark. 758, 894 S.W.2d 885 (1995). Under Ark.Sup.Ct. Rule 4-2(b)(2) a judgment may be affirmed for noncompliance with Rule 4-2(a)(6). See Clardy v. Williams, 319 Ark. 275, 890 S.W.2d...
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