Donald R. Rose joined the firm in 1978 and is a graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law. He practices in the areas of real estate, probate, bankruptcy and business/corporate law. Don is a former Chair of the Probate and Trust section of the Fayette County Bar Association.
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January 1, 2011 Filed Under: Litigation Transactional LawBerry v. Thomas (2000-CA-000670-MR, Court of Appeals 2001)
After an estate dispute arose, one of the decedent’s natural daughters who was born out of wedlock sought to have her father’s paternity established. The decedent’s widow (the second wife) and her children denied the daughter’s claim and rights to the estate. The Court held the daughter was in fact fathered by the decedent. The widow appealed the summary judgment of the trial court, and the Court of Appeals affirmed the decision. MGM helped to prove paternity through thorough deposition testimony, the law in effect at the time of the daughter’s birth, and the discovery of documents prepared by the widow which illustrated her knowledge that the daughter had been fathered by her husband.
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