Opinion ID: 4564584
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Text: Within a county court probate case, the personal representative filed an action against the decedent’s son to recover money he received in two ways: (1) collecting and retaining farm rents receivable under the decedent’s life estate and (2) writing checks to himself and others under a power of attorney from the decedent. The county court entered a judgment, from which the son appeals and the personal representative cross-appeals. The son challenges the county court’s jurisdiction of the matter as one relating to a decedent’s estate and relating to the action of an agent under a power of attorney. We consider statutes governing powers of attorney, including retroactivity. Except as to the son’s statute of limitations defense, we find no merit to the appeal or the cross-appeal. We affirm the judgment as modified and remand the cause with directions.