Court Opinion

ID: 9653126
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 17:39:20.384336+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:12:56.513446
License: Public Domain

John I. Purtle, Justice, dissenting. The widow and children of a decedent are the ones most affected by the handling of the decedent’s estate. Certainly the widow should be able to decide which attorney she wants to represent her and her child. In the present case it is obvious the personal representative has a conflict of interest with the estate. He failed to list an interest in the home where decedent and the widow resided as part of the estate. The widow claims an interest in the home which she and her husband were buying from the decedent’s father, who persuaded the widow to go to his attorney’s office and sign the papers to have him appointed personal representative. I would grant the petition to remove appellee as the personal representative of the decedent’s estate.