Debora Willingham, as the Administrator of the Estate of Brandy Matthews, Deceased v. Rodney Matthews, as The…

Summary

The Supreme Court of Alabama affirmed the trial court’s summary judgment, holding that Alabama’s Slayer’s Statute (§ 43‑8‑253) applies only to the estate of the homicide victim and not to the killer’s estate, so Joshua Matthews’s estate is administered under the general statutes as if Brandy Matthews predeceased him.