Opinion ID: 1553988
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Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Whether Burley has standing as a listed relative.

Text: ¶ 22. The Statute provides a list of certain identified family members of the decedent, whom we shall call listed relatives, who may bring a wrongful-death action. The Statute enumerates only the decedent's widow or children ... or husband or father or mother, or sister, or brother.... Miss.Code Ann. § 11-7-13 (Rev. 2004). ¶ 23. Burley, as Joshua and Jakura's grandparent, is not one of the listed relatives who may bring suit. The Legislature did not confer upon grandparents standing to bring wrongful-death actions, and it is beyond this Court's prerogative to expand the list of relatives who may do so. Pope, 995 So.2d at 126. Therefore, Burley lacked standing, as a listed relative, to bring the instant suit on behalf of Joshua and Jakura Hill.