Court Opinion

ID: 9675755
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 05:04:45.01887+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:13:29.649416
License: Public Domain

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
On rehearing, we hold that our original opinion in this appeal does not prohibit *772the appointment of a creditor or other interested party as temporary administrator of an estate of a decedent. The practical utility of such an appointment, we recognize, is of utmost importance where no other interested party comes forth to marshall the assets and make attempts to satisfy the debts, if any, of an estate.
In the instant case, the appointment of the creditor as temporary administrator for the purpose of acceptance of service of citation was the vehicle by which the same party in his capacity as creditor sought to extend the jurisdiction of the probate court to try a personal injury lawsuit. We accordingly hold that the probate court had no jurisdiction in this case.