Opinion ID: 1686041
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Funds of Black Warrior Farms

Text: Stephen and his children assert that they are entitled to a credit with respect to the funds that were deducted from Stephen's share and/or his children's shares of the distribution of funds from Black Warrior Farms because of the money he had withheld from Olga's estate in the belief that Olga had given it to him and because of the dispute concerning his handling of the funds in the Porter Family Trust. Because we have ruled that Olga's letter to Stephen did not constitute a gift or a bequest to him of the $160,000, we conclude that the trial court's ruling that Black Warrior Farms and Stephen's siblings properly withheld that portion of the distribution of the funds in Black Warrior Farms from Stephen and his children was correct. In regard to the portion of the money that Black Warrior Farms withheld because of Stephen's handling of the Porter Family Trust, Stephen has not provided this Court with a sufficient basis in fact and law to conclude that the trial court erred in its ruling. Because the trial court's ruling is presumed correct, we must also affirm this portion of the trial court's ruling.